Morgan v. Lexington Herald Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 81. — ACTION BY OSCAR MORGAN AGAINST THE LEXINGTON HERALD COMPANY. Appeal from Mason Circuit Court. C. D. Newell, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Judge Settle-
-Affirming.
This is an appeal from a judgment entered in tlie court below upon a verdict in favor of appellee returned by the jury in an action for libel brought against it by appellant.
The alleged libel which appeared in appellee’s daily newspaper, the Lexington Herald, Saturday, May 2, 1909, was as follows: Oscar Morgan, a white man, and four negroes, were arrested at Mays Lick last night on a charge of being implicated in the fires -that have occurred at that place. Other arrests will probably be made. Soldiers were in Flemingsburg last night. ’ ’ The…
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