Sharpe v. Larson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Norman county, Ives, J., denying a motion for a new trial. That part of the article preceding the libel was as follows: “More Legal Discussion.” “In the Halstad Reporter of Feb. 6 appears an article signed by N. T. Moen, which I think no more than right to answer. Moen says that after a jury of 12 men had taken their solemn oaths to do justice they talk about more cheek than a government mule.
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Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Norman county, Ives, J., denying a motion for a new trial. That part of the article preceding the libel was as follows: “More Legal Discussion.” “In the Halstad Reporter of Feb. 6 appears an article signed by N. T. Moen, which I think no more than right to answer. Moen says that after a jury of 12 men had taken their solemn oaths to do justice they talk about more cheek than a government mule. How can you be so stubborn, Mr. Moen? Was you not at the trial? Don’t you remember the juryman, Martin Brown, who under solemn oath said that…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
Action for a libel. The defendant admitted the publication here in question, and the trial court instructed the jury that it was libelous per se, and that the jury must return a verdict for the plaintiff for damages in some amount. Verdict for $500, and the defendant appealed from an order denying his motion for a new trial.
Practically the only question for our decision is whether the pub-' lication was a libel per se. The plaintiff was, during all the times stated in the pleadings, an attorney at law, and county attorney of the county of Norman from January 1, 1894, to January 1, 1895,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Pratt v. Pioneer Press Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Pratt v. Pioneer Press Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
- Woodling v. KnickerbockerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Smith v. StewartSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
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- Tawney v. Simonson, Whitcomb & Hurley Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Children v. ShinnSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
- McCue v. Equity Co-Operative Publishing Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1918
- High v. Supreme Lodge of the WorldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1943
- Dupont Engineering Co. v. Nashville Banner Pub. Co.District Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1925
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