Gray v. Minnesota Tribune Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $16,-000 for libel. The case was tried before Harrison, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff. From an order granting a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Action for libel, defendant corporation being the proprietor and publisher of a daily newspaper named the “Minneapolis Tribune,” in which paper the libel made its appearance.
The article was based upon an affair which was written up and *334published about the same time in another paper, and out of which grew another action for libel. Gray v. Times N. Co., 74 Minn. 452, 77 N. W. 204. After the publication in the Tribune, plaintiff caused notice to retract (G. S. 1894, § 5417) to be served upon defendant, and in the next issue there appeared what was probably intended to be a fair and full…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Allen v. Pioneer-Press Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Nelson v. Village of West DuluthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- State v. Shevlin-Carpenter Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Gray v. Times Newspaper Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Burns v. MaltbySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Post Pub. Co. v. ButlerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1905
- Goolsby v. Forum Printing Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1912