Holston v. Boyle
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for Polk county, Mills, J., presiding, refusing a new trial if plaintiff should consent that the verdict of $1,000 be reduced to $600, which condition the plaintiff accepted. The publications complained of were made in defendants’ newspaper, the “Red Lake Falls News.”
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
Two actions for libel were consolidated, and were tried together. The question is presented whether either of the complaints states facts constituting a cause of action. Exhibit D, one of the publications complained of, represents the plaintiff as having been assailed by an irate husband because, on different occasions, during the absence of the latter, the plaintiff had gone to his house, and used indecent language to his wife. Allusion is made to the fear of the wife to stay alone in her home, during her husband’s absence, “lest she should again be assailed” by the plaintiff; and reference…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Allen v. Pioneer-Press Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
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