Barber v. St. Louis Dispatch Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court cited': Const. 1865, Bill of Rights, sec. 15 ; Wag. Stat. 420, sec. 16 ; Matthews v. Beach, 5 Sandf. 356 ; Cox v. Coleridge, 1 Barn. & Cress. 37; The Commonwealth v. Blanding, 3 Pick. 304; Skinner v. Powers, 1 Wend. 451; National Bank v. Currie, 44 Mo. 91; Bank v. Murdock, 62 Mo. 70; 2 Greenl. on Ev., sec. 256; Sedgw. on Dam., ch. 3 ; Harper v. Indianapolis & St. Louis R. R. Co., 44 Mo. 488; Otto v. Bent, 48 Mo. 23; Detroit Free Press Co.…
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court cited': Const. 1865, Bill of Rights, sec. 15 ; Wag. Stat. 420, sec. 16 ; Matthews v. Beach, 5 Sandf. 356 ; Cox v. Coleridge, 1 Barn. & Cress. 37; The Commonwealth v. Blanding, 3 Pick. 304; Skinner v. Powers, 1 Wend. 451; National Bank v. Currie, 44 Mo. 91; Bank v. Murdock, 62 Mo. 70; 2 Greenl. on Ev., sec. 256; Sedgw. on Dam., ch. 3 ; Harper v. Indianapolis & St. Louis R. R. Co., 44 Mo. 488; Otto v. Bent, 48 Mo. 23; Detroit Free Press Co. v. McArthur, 16 Mich. 447 ; Sawyer v. Hannibal & St. Joseph R. R. Co.,.37 Mo. 240; Lambert v. Craig, 12 Pick. 199;…
1Opinion of the CourtHayden, J.
This is an action for an alleged libel upon the respondent, published in the St. Louis Dispatch, a newspaper owned and circulated by the appellant.' The petition states that the plaintiff had formerly been the wife of one Lewis D. Langley, and had, long before the date of the publication complained of, procured a divorce from him, and was restored to her maiden name of Belle Barber; that she was well known by the name of Belle Langley; that defendant was the proprietor of a newspaper called the St. Louis Dispatch, and published therein, of and concerning her, certain, false, scandalous, and…
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