Press Co. v. Stewart
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OR PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 415 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 736 June Term 1883, C. P; No. 1. On July 31,1883, Sylvester N. Stewart brought an action in case against The Press Company, Limited, to recover damages for the publication of an alleged libel.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OR PHILADELPHIA COUNTY. No. 415 January Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 736 June Term 1883, C. P; No. 1. On July 31,1883, Sylvester N. Stewart brought an action in case against The Press Company, Limited, to recover damages for the publication of an alleged libel. The declaration averred that the occupation and business of the plaintiff at the time of the publication was that of a teacher of the arts of short-hand writing, type-writing and phonoscribing ; that he had pursued said business with credit and reputation, and had opened a school for…
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Opinion,
Mr. Justice Paxson :
We have had the benefit of a re-argument in this case. It was ordered of our motion in view of the importance of the principles involved.
There are forty-five assignments of error. A far less number would have covered all the points involved. They are interesting, however, as illustrative of the ingenuity of the learned counsel for the plaintiff in error. It would serve no good purpose to consider them in detail. It is sufficient to indicate briefly the principles upon which the case must be decided.
The plaintiff brought an action on the case against the defendant…
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