Mix v. Woodward
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action for a libel upon the plaintiff, published in a newspaper, called “ The Daily Herald,” June 12th, 1834. The action was commenced October 12th, 1835. The declaration contained three counts ; but for the present purpose, it will be sufficient to state the principal allegations in one of them.
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This was an action for a libel upon the plaintiff, published in a newspaper, called “ The Daily Herald,” June 12th, 1834. The action was commenced October 12th, 1835. The declaration contained three counts ; but for the present purpose, it will be sufficient to state the principal allegations in one of them. In the second count, it was alleged, That the defendant, on the 12th of June, 1834, at New-Haven, falsely and maliciously published, and caused to be published, in a newspaper called The Daily Herald, edited, printed, and circulated by the defendant, of and concerning the plaintiff, and…
1Opinion of the CourtBissell, J.
Upon the motion in arrest of judgment filed in this case, and on the motion for a new trial, two general questions are presented for our decision. 1. Is the declaration sufficient ? And 2., if a good cause of action is there disclosed, has it been sustained, by evidence properly admitted ?
The last enquiry, it will be seen, involves a consideration of several interlocutory decisions, made by the judge on the circuit.
The first and principal objection to the declaration, is, that it does not sufficiently appear, either from the supposed libel itself, or from that in connexion with the extrinsic…
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