Pratt v. Pioneer Press Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Hennepin county, to recover damages for an alleged libel by defendant. The action was tried before Youncj, J., and a jury, and plaintiff had a verdict for $2,000. Plaintiff appeals'from an order granting a new trial on the ground that the verdict is contrary to law and not justified by the evidence. The alleged libel was contained in the following article published by defendant in its paper: “Culpable Neglect.
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Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Hennepin county, to recover damages for an alleged libel by defendant. The action was tried before Youncj, J., and a jury, and plaintiff had a verdict for $2,000. Plaintiff appeals'from an order granting a new trial on the ground that the verdict is contrary to law and not justified by the evidence. The alleged libel was contained in the following article published by defendant in its paper: “Culpable Neglect. Late on Sunday evening .the coroner was notified that an infant had been lying dead for several days at the house occupied by Mr.…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This is an action for libel. The appeal is from an order granting a new trial on the ground that. the verdict was not-justified by the evidence and was contrary to law. The rules which will govern this court in reviewing the action of the trial court in such cases have been settled by repeated decisions.
In Rheiner v. Stillwater Street Ry. & Transfer Co., 29 Minn. 147, we held “that we would not be warranted in reversing an order of this kind, simply because, if the judge below had refused to grant a new trial, we .should have felt bound to sustain him; nor because there was evidence…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rheiner v. Stillwater Street Railway & Transfer Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
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- Pratt v. Pioneer Press Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
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