Gribble v. Pioneer-Press Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Ramsey county, "to recover damages for the libel alleged to be contained in the following article published by the defendant, viz.: “But Mr. Donnelly is no exception to the rule that in the great majority of cases libel suits for pecuniary damages are only brought •against reputable newspapers by the meanest sort of scallawags, shysters, and adventurers.
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Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Ramsey county, "to recover damages for the libel alleged to be contained in the following article published by the defendant, viz.: “But Mr. Donnelly is no exception to the rule that in the great majority of cases libel suits for pecuniary damages are only brought •against reputable newspapers by the meanest sort of scallawags, shysters, and adventurers. For the most part they are simply mercenary speculation upon the chance of obtaining a verdict from an ignorant and prejudiced jury, by the aid of some crafty lawyer who is usually a…
1Opinion of the Court
Dickinson, J.1
The alleged libel upon which this action is brought will be found in the reporter’s statement of the case. Upon the trial of the cause the court permitted several witnesses to testify that they, at the time of the publication, understood the article as using the-term “shyster” as applicable to the plaintiff. Upon subsequent consideration, the learned judge who tried the cause having come to the conclusion that such evidence was inadmissible, a new trial was for that reason granted, and upon the same question the case is now before us for review.
We are of the opinion that the…
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- Van Vechten v. HopkinsNew York Supreme Court · 1809
- Gibson v. WilliamsNew York Supreme Court · 1830
- Maynard v. BeardsleyCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1831
- Blakeman v. BlakemanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- White v. SaywardSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1851
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