Good v. Grit Publishing Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 125, Oct. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northumberland Co., Dec. T., 1904, No. 172, on verdict for defendant in case of O. W. Good v. Grit Publishing Company. Trespass for libel. Before Savidge, P. J. The court charged as follows: Gentlemen of the jury: This is an action by O. W. Good against Grit Publishing Company for libel.
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Appeal, No. 125, Oct. T., 1907, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Northumberland Co., Dec. T., 1904, No. 172, on verdict for defendant in case of O. W. Good v. Grit Publishing Company. Trespass for libel. Before Savidge, P. J. The court charged as follows: Gentlemen of the jury: This is an action by O. W. Good against Grit Publishing Company for libel. The alleged libelous article was published in the city edition of “Pennsylvania Grit” on November 1, 1903, and republished, in con’ nection with other matter, on the eighth day of the same month. It grew out of a controversy in the orphans’…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
John Good, the father of the plaintiff, died intestate. John C. Good, another son, took out letters of administration upon his estate. He filed an account to which the exceptions were filed that are referred to in the newspaper articles upon which this action was brought. The particular part of the first article that is alleged to be libelous is as follows:
“O. W. and John C. Good “Charged With Having Stolen Most of > “Their Father’s Estate.
“Extraordinary Accusations Made in Exceptions to “Account Which Finds Practically No Estate.
“Exceptions have been filed to the final…
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