Finch v. Vifquain
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court for Lancaster county. Heard below by Pound, J. contending that the article is libelous per se, being printed and published, and hence special damages need not be averred, cited Rarr v. Moore, 87 Pa. St., 385. Tryon v. Foening News Assn., 39 Mich., 636. Tillson v. Robbins, 68 Me., 295. ITolt’s Law of Libel, 218-223. Steele v. Southwick, 1 Am. Lead.
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Error from the district court for Lancaster county. Heard below by Pound, J. contending that the article is libelous per se, being printed and published, and hence special damages need not be averred, cited Rarr v. Moore, 87 Pa. St., 385. Tryon v. Foening News Assn., 39 Mich., 636. Tillson v. Robbins, 68 Me., 295. ITolt’s Law of Libel, 218-223. Steele v. Southwick, 1 Am. Lead. Cases, 123. Whitney v. Janesville Gazette, 5 Biss., 330. Dexter v. Spear, 4 Mason, 115. Melton v. State, 3 Humph., 389. Colby v. Reynolds, 6 Vt., 489. Mayrantv. Richardson, 1 Nott & M., 210. Shelton v. Nance, 7 B. Mon.,…
1Opinion of the CourtLake, J.
This is a petition in error to reverse a judgment of the district court for Lancaster county. The judgment in question was in sustaining a general demurrer to a petition in am action for libel, the court holding that the publication complained of was not libelous.
A libel is a malicious defamation of a person expressed otherwise 'than by words, as by writing, print, figures, signs, or any other symbols. Brown’s Law Dictionary, 208. Or, as expressed by Chancellor Kent, it is a malicious publication, expressed either in printing or writing, or by signs or pictures, tending either to injure the…
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