Merchants' Ins. Co. v. Buckner
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky.
1Opinion of the Court
DAY, Circuit Judge.
This case has once before been under consideration in this court. Insurance Co. v. Buckner, 98 Fed. 222, 39 C. C. A. 19. It is unnecessary to restate the particulars of the case, *346which are fully disclosed in the former report. The action is one for libel arising from the writing and publication of a certain letter by an agent of the insurance company. Of the numerous errors assigned, five-principal ones are urged upon our attention in the brief and oral argument for the plaintiff in error.
1. It is claimed that in an action for libel the law distinguishes two classes of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Burton v. DriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Sale v. CrutchfieldCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1871
- Merchants' Ins. Co. of Newark v. BucknerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
- Toplitz v. HeddenSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Baltimore & O. R. v. HellenthalCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1898
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