It is said that in libel and slander where it appears that "there is no ill will or malice on the part of defendant, and no special damages, actual injury, or pecuniary loss, * * * or where the evidence is such as would justify a plea of justification, an award for nominal damages only may be justified." 37 C.J., T. Libel and Slander, § 564, p. 115. For cases sustaining the text see Flint v. Clark, 13 Conn. 361, 369; Estes v. Estes, 75 Me. 478; Coquelet v. Union Hotel Co., 139 Md. 544, 115 A. 813; Henry v. Moberly, 23 Ind. App. 305, 51 N.E. 497, 501; Amory v. Vreeland, 110 N.Y.S. 859, 861; Rundell v. Butler, 10 Wend. (N.Y.) 119; Briggs v. Harrison, 152 La. 724, 94 So. 369; Bailey v. Kalamazoo Publishing Co., 40 Mich. 251; Thompson v. Powning, 15 Nev. 195; Scougale v. Sweet, 124 Mich. 311, 82 N.W. 1061, 1066; Irwin v. Cook, 24 Tex. 244, 245; Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. v. Sloan, 272 Fed. 615, 617. The authorities are not in accord upon when a defendant guilty of the publication of language libelous per se is entitled as of right to an instruction upon nominal damages.