Enquirer Co. v. Johnston
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United "States for (he District of Indiana. Plaintiff in error is the proprietor of a daily newspaper published in Cincinnati. On August 27, 1892, Mrs. Annie M. Johnston, defendant in error, was, and for some months had been, a resident of the city of Logansport, in the state of Indiana.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United "States for (he District of Indiana. Plaintiff in error is the proprietor of a daily newspaper published in Cincinnati. On August 27, 1892, Mrs. Annie M. Johnston, defendant in error, was, and for some months had been, a resident of the city of Logansport, in the state of Indiana. She was a widow, with three small children, and she resided at an hotel in Logansport, kept by one J. D. Johnston, a brother of her deceased husband, and called the “Johnston House.” On the day next after the date mentioned, the following matter appeared in said newspaper:…
1Opinion of the CourtShowalter, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as aboye): Defendant in error testified as a witness on the trial. She was asked by her counsel, “How many children have you?” and answered that she had three, aged, respectively, 6£, 5-|, and 3£ years. In his charge to the jury, the court said: “In determining the amount of damages, you may take into consideration her family relations and her social standing, the injury, if any, to her feelings, her wounded sensibilities, and her sense of shame and dishonor.” This direction and the foregoing question and answer are assigned as errors, the point of objection being…
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