Dressel v. Shipman
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, Peter Shipman, from an order of the District Court of LeSueur County, Francis Cadwell, J., made December 26, 1893, denying his motion for a new trial.
Read the full summary
Appeal by defendant, Peter Shipman, from an order of the District Court of LeSueur County, Francis Cadwell, J., made December 26, 1893, denying his motion for a new trial. On October 14, 1892, the defendant composed and published in the Montgomery Messenger, a letter saying among other things that an article in the Waterville Advance was evidently written by a former county official, that such as he, would in public office plunder the people and in business swindle their creditors, that they would burn their old log houses and gull the insurance companies out of enough to build palatial…
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
A publication calculated to expose one to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule being libelous per se, the article for publishing which this action was brought is a libel, not only taken as a whole, but in every paragraph of it, whomsoever *25was intended and understood by others to be intended as the object of it; and if it was intended to apply .to plaintiff, and was so understood by others, his right of action upon it was complete. He was not named in it, nor is that necessary where the libelous article contains reference to matters of description or to facts and circumstances from which…
2Cited by9 opinions
- Schuster v. U. S. News & World Report, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1978
- Byram v. AikenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Trebby v. Transcript Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Richard H. Tholen, M.D. v. Assist America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2020
- Davis v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.