Pugh v. McCarty
Supreme Court of Georgia
Libel. New trial. Before Judge Gibson. Richmond Superior Court. January Term, 1871. This cause was here before. See 40 Georgia Reports, 444. Plaintiff read in evidence the article published in The Daily Press of Augusta, so much of which as is important is copied in 40 Georgia Reports, 445. It was shown that, at the date of said publication, defendant was publisher of said newspaper; that, at that time, plaintiff was clerk of The Chronicle and Sentinel newspaper office, and…
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Libel. New trial. Before Judge Gibson. Richmond Superior Court. January Term, 1871. This cause was here before. See 40 Georgia Reports, 444. Plaintiff read in evidence the article published in The Daily Press of Augusta, so much of which as is important is copied in 40 Georgia Reports, 445. It was shown that, at the date of said publication, defendant was publisher of said newspaper; that, at that time, plaintiff was clerk of The Chronicle and Sentinel newspaper office, and that McGregor, the other party named, was the mail clerk of The Daily Press; that these papers were disputing as to…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Judge.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover damages for the printing and publishing a libel in the columns of a daily newspaper. On the trial of the case, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum of $1,500 00. The defendant .made a motion for a new trial, on several grounds, which was overruled by the Court, and the defendant excepted. This case was brought before this Court at a former term, and decided by a majority of the Court, on the same statement of facts as was presented on the last trial, except that, on the last trial, the…
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