Fitzpatrick v. Daily States Publishing Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Bightor, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
Plaintiff demands of the defendants in solido one hundred thousand dollars as damages for a libel upon him personally, and as Mayor of the city of New Orleans, charging the libel to consist of an editorial article which appeared in the issue of the Daily States of July 23, 1894, a newspaper owned and operated by the defendant company, and which was chiefly edited at the time by its co-defendant, H. J. Hearsey.
He alleges that said newspaper article was scurrilous, malicious, defamatory and libelous, and that in writing and publishing said…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- King v. RootCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1829
- Sanford v. . BennettNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
- Inman v. FosterNew York Supreme Court · 1832
- Marten v. Van Schaick & BloodgoodNew York Court of Chancery · 1834
- Dole v. LyonNew York Supreme Court · 1813
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- Johnson v. LevySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
- Otero v. EwingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
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