Castle v. Houston
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Leavenworth District Gourt. Civil action, brought by Castle, to recover damages sustained by him by reason of a certain alleged libel published by Houston. The defendant, Houston, was the editor and publisher of the Daily Commercial, a newspaper printed at Leavenworth, where Castle resided.
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Error from Leavenworth District Gourt. Civil action, brought by Castle, to recover damages sustained by him by reason of a certain alleged libel published by Houston. The defendant, Houston, was the editor and publisher of the Daily Commercial, a newspaper printed at Leavenworth, where Castle resided. In the winter of 1875, while the state legislature was in session at Topeka, Houston had a correspondent at Topeka, who wrote regularly for the Commercial in regard to proceedings and matters pending in the legislature. Previous to the meeting of the legislature certain adverse criticisms had…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This was an action commenced in the district court of Leavenworth county, to recover damages for libel. The petition alleges in substance, that the defendant was editor, proprietor, and publisher, of the Leavenworth Daily Commercial, a newspaper printed in the city of Leav*419enworth, and that on the 20th of January 1875, there was published in the said paper, of and concerning the plaintiff, a certain false and malicious libel, in words as follows, to-wit:
“The insurance department of our state will in all probability be subject to. a…
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