Patterson v. Evans
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. Thomas J. Seehorn, Judge. (1) This court has jurisdiction of this appeal, as the constitutional question is lodged herein of the construction of Sec. 14, article 2 of the Constitution of Missouri. Williams.v.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. Thomas J. Seehorn, Judge. (1) This court has jurisdiction of this appeal, as the constitutional question is lodged herein of the construction of Sec. 14, article 2 of the Constitution of Missouri. Williams.v. Railroad, 233 Mo. 666; Hanlon'v. Pulitzer Co., 167 Mo. 124; Creve, etc., Co. v. Tamm, 138 Mo. 387; Logan v. Field, 192 Mo. 66. (2) Plaintiff’s instruction 1 erroneously withdrew from the jury the question of libel or no libel, in violation of Sec. 14, art. 2 of the Constitution of Missouri. Heller v. Pub. Co., 153 Mo. 205; State v. Simpson, 136…
1Opinion of the Court
BLAIR, C.
UbeI This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff for $2000 in an action for libel. Jurisdiction vests in this court by reason of the presence of a constitutional question.
The petition upon which the case was tried alleges, among other things, that defendant caused to be published in the Edgar Merchants Exchange certain words and figures which are alleged to have imputed to plaintiffs’ unworthiness of credit and dishonesty and that she was a “deadbeat.”
In defendant’s abstract of record it is stated that the evidence tended to prove, among other things, that defendant in causing…
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Minter v. Bradstreet Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Mitchell v. Bradstreet Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Heller v. Pulitzer Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- State v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Arnold v. JewettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
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- State Ex Rel. St. Joseph Belt Railway Co. v. ShainSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
- Dyer v. Globe-Democrat Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1964
- Jacobs v. Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1948
- Seested v. Post Printing & Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1930
- Lyons v. St. Joseph Belt Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1937
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