Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad v. Quigley
Supreme Court of the United States
’’ This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Maryland. It was an áetion on the case for libel brought by Quigley against the railroad éompany, under the circumstances which are fully set forth in the opinion of the court,’ which-also con tains the instructions of the’Circuit Court* to the jury.
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’’ This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Maryland. It was an áetion on the case for libel brought by Quigley against the railroad éompany, under the circumstances which are fully set forth in the opinion of the court,’ which-also con tains the instructions of the’Circuit Court* to the jury. The counsel for the plaintiffs in error made the following points: 1. An action of libel cannot be sustained against the plain; tiff in error. The laws,, under which it exists as a corporate body, are a part of the record. It is a railroad…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
The plaintiff, (Quigley,) a citizen of Delaware, complained of the defendants, “ a body corporate in the State of Maryland, by a law of the; General Assembly of Maryland,”' for'the publication of a libel by them, in which his capacity and skill. as. a mechanic and builder of depots, bridges, station-houses, and other structures for railroad companies, had been falsely and maliciously disparaged and undervalued. The defendants pleaded the general issue. On the trial of the cause, it appeared that in 1854, the president and directors, then in charge of the affairs of the defendants, instituted…
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