Wood v. Boyle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 278, Jan. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Warren Co., March T., 1895, No. 6, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for libel. Before Noyes, P. J. At the trial it appeared that A. D. Wood was a manager of the Producers’ Oil Company, Limited, a company engaged in the business of transporting oil by pipe line. On April 11,1894, the defendant’s paper, the Oil City Derrick, published the following article: “ A PROMISING SCHEME.”
Read the full summary
Appeal, No. 278, Jan. T., 1896, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Warren Co., March T., 1895, No. 6, on verdict for plaintiff. Trespass for libel. Before Noyes, P. J. At the trial it appeared that A. D. Wood was a manager of the Producers’ Oil Company, Limited, a company engaged in the business of transporting oil by pipe line. On April 11,1894, the defendant’s paper, the Oil City Derrick, published the following article: “ A PROMISING SCHEME.” “A. D. Wood, the variously notorious young Napoleon of politics and pipe lines, will assembly his small brood at Warren this morning, and together…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Gbeen,
We are clearly of opinion that in every point of view, and in every way of reading the publication in question, it was plainly and grossly libelous in itself. Nor is there the slightest reason or excuse for the attack upon the plaintiff in the contention now made that he was an official person, engaged in a business of a public character, and therefore the publication was privileged. It was not his official character or the conduct of his official business that was impeached. On the contrary the publication was a coarse, brutal, malevolent and purely personal…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Conroy v. Pittsburgh TimesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Collins v. Dispatch Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Hayes v. Press Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Griffith v. OgleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1806
- Seip v. DeshlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by26 opinions
- Corabi v. Curtis Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Cosgrove Studio & Camera Shop, Inc. v. PaneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Hepps v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Meas v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1898
- Ryan v. EbeckeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
21 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.