Warnock v. Mitchell

The two counts of this declaration, to which the demurrer has been limited by the' submission in argument, aver no other publication, either generally or specially, of the alleged libel, than the receipt by the plaintiff of the private letters in which the defamation was contained. It is conceded by the plaintiff’s counsel that this is not a sufficient publication, unless the rule of the common law has been changed by the statute. It will aid us in determining the disputed scope of the statute to consider somewhat the rule of the common law on the subject. The counsel for the defendant has…