Gates v. Little
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1905, No. 511, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Annie Gates v. Richard Little. Trespass for libel.
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Appeal, No. 7, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1905, No. 511, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Annie Gates v. Richard Little. Trespass for libel. At the trial it appeared that the article for which suit was brought charged a woman, not named, as being a prostitute. ■ The court admitted under objection and exception evidence of facts-and circumstances- which tended to identify the plaintiff with the person mentioned in the article. [,2] - . The court also admitted under objection and exception, evidence that acquaintances of plaintiff after…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The plaintiff alleges in her statement in this action of trespass, that the defamatory and malicious libel which appeared in the “ Scrantonian ” in its regular issue of September 17,1905, was written “of and concerning her as the person referred to in said article as a cruel and heartless daughter, etc., and that it was so understood by all of the people living in the neighborhood who read the said publication.”
The defendant entered the general plea of not guilty and went to trial on the merits of his case. He did not object to the sufficiency of the declaration, by…
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