Legal Opinion
Lee v. Memphis Pub. Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 14, 1943No. 35376PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcGehee, J.
This suit is brought by the appellant, Ned Lee, a resident citizen of Webster County, Mississippi, against the appellee, Memphis Publishing’ Company, a Delaware corporation, publisher of the Commercial Appeal, a daily newspaper, printed and published at Memphis, Tennessee, in an action for damages growing out of the publication and circulation of an alleged defamatory and libelous article sent to it for publication of and concerning him. The suit was instituted in the circuit court of Webster County and process was attempted to be had upon the said foreign corporation by serving the same upon…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- International Harvester Co. of America v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- People's Tobacco Co. v. American Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. McKibbinSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Mladinich v. KohnMississippi Supreme Court · 1964
- John L. Brewer v. Memphis Publishing Company, Inc., Anita W. Brewer v. Memphis Publishing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Lawrence Washington v. Norton Manufacturing, Inc., Abc CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Edwin A. Walker v. Van H. Savell and the Associated PressCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Hickox by and Through Hickox v. HollemanMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
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