Stevens v. Kobayshi
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County and from an order denying a new trial. John Ellsworth, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtKerrigan, J.
This is an action for libel. Judgment went for plaintiff. The appeal is from the judgment and from an order denying defendants’ motion for a new trial.
The defendants were the publishers of a daily newspaper called TJie Japanese-American News. The complaint alleges that “on the 28th day of January, 1910, said defendants published a certain libel of and concerning the plaintiff, which publication was in Japanese and Chinese figures and characters, and when translated into English reads as follows: ‘Now this woman used to be on Harrison Street, a Chinese doctor’s concubine; by no means get Miss…
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