Legal Opinion
Aldrich v. Boyle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 2, 1951PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The plaintiff, who appears to have been a candidate for reélection as councilman at large in the city of Westfield, brings two actions of tort for libel based upon the publication in a newspaper of a political advertisement signed by the defendants jointly. From orders sustaining demurrers to the declarations the plaintiff appeals. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 96.
The alleged libel appears on page 31.
The plaintiff seeks to bring himself within the well established principle that a demurrer to a declaration for libel cannot be sustained unless the words are not reasonably capable of any…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ClapMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- Ingalls v. Hastings & Sons Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Twombly v. MonroeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Peck v. Wakefield Item Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Robinson v. CoulterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
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3Cited by14 opinions
- National Ass'n of Government Employees, Inc. v. Central Broadcasting Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Muchnick v. Post Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
- Golden North Airways, Inc., a Corporation v. Tanana Publishing Company, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- Poland v. Post Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- Commonwealth v. LucasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
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