Northrop v. Tibbles
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois; George A. Carpenter, Judge. Action by Florence C. Northrop against Charles E. Tibbies. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
To plaintiff in error’s declaration for libel a demurrer for want of facts was sustained, plaintiff declined to amend, and judgment for defendant was entered.
Many objections are urged by defendant; but, if the declaration is deficient in any material respect, the judgment must be affirmed.
[1] So we may assume that the letter written and mailed by defendant to a third person contains matter libelous per se (though this is strenuously controverted), that defendant intended to defame plaintiff, and that plaintiff, when she somehow obtained a copy, applied the libel to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- McCallum v. LambieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Robinson v. DrummondSupreme Court of Alabama · 1854
- De Witt v. WrightCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
- McLaughlin v. FisherIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- Dunlap v. SundbergWashington Supreme Court · 1909
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Voris v. Street & Smith PublicationsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1947
- Simpson v. SteenDistrict Court, D. Utah · 1954