St. James Military Academy v. Gaiser
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Macon Circuit Court. — Hon. Andrew Ellison, Judge. (1) A corporation may sue for libel or- slander against it “in the-way of its business or trade.”' Newell on Slander and Libel, p. 360; Johnson v. Co., 64 Mo. 539. (2) A false imputation made for the-purpose of injuring one in his profession or trade is actionable, even though the words may not, strictly speaking, be defamatory.
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Appeal from Macon Circuit Court. — Hon. Andrew Ellison, Judge. (1) A corporation may sue for libel or- slander against it “in the-way of its business or trade.”' Newell on Slander and Libel, p. 360; Johnson v. Co., 64 Mo. 539. (2) A false imputation made for the-purpose of injuring one in his profession or trade is actionable, even though the words may not, strictly speaking, be defamatory. Morasse v. Brochu, 151 Mass. 567, at p. 574, and authorities cited; Odgers on Libel and Slander, p. 89, et seq. (3) So words are-actionable per se, which convey an imputation upon one in the way of his…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is an action for libel by plaintiff, a corporation and institution of learning and education, against the defendants. The charge in the petition is that plaintiff permitted dancing in its school building at receptions given occasionally in each year,-and permitted its students to employ, of their own accord and at their own expense, a teacher to instruct them in the art of dancing, and that defendants published of, and concerning, plaintiff and its said school and academy, a certain false, malicious and defamatory libel, charging plaintiff with conducting and maintaining an “immoral…
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