Memphis Telephone Co. v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee.
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARDS, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought by the Memphis Telephone Company, the plaintiff, against the Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company, the defendant, for a series of alleged libelous publications made in the Commercial Appeal, a Memphis newspaper, from January 11 to May 5, 1902. A demurrer to the declaration was sustained and the suit dismissed, on the ground that the publications were not libelous per se, and no special damages were averred.
The declaration avers that the plaintiff is a corporation organized to construct and operate a telephone exchange in Memphis, and that…
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