Meriwether v. George Knapp & Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Comity Circuit Court. — No». Jno. W. McElhinney, Judge. (1) The circuit court of St. Louis county was without jurisdiction of the case, the cause of action, if any, having accrued in the city of St. Louis. (2) The publication complained of in the petition was not the publication shown to have been made by defendant. The proof, therefore, did not sustain the allegations of the petition.
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Appeal from St. Louis Comity Circuit Court. — No». Jno. W. McElhinney, Judge. (1) The circuit court of St. Louis county was without jurisdiction of the case, the cause of action, if any, having accrued in the city of St. Louis. (2) The publication complained of in the petition was not the publication shown to have been made by defendant. The proof, therefore, did not sustain the allegations of the petition. Berry v. Dryden, 7 Mo. 324; Birch v. Benton, 26 Mo. 153; Christal v. Craig, 80 Mo. 367; Wood v. Holbish, 23 Mo. App. 389; Starlde on Slander and Libel, p. 463; Odgers on Slander and Libel,…
1Opinion of the CourtLamm, J.
— From a judgment for $10,000', entered on a verdict of a jury in the circuit court of St. Louis county, assessing $5,000' compensatory and $5,000 punitive damages for libel, defendant appeals.
Plaintiff has long resided in St. Louis, is an au*205thor, a magazine writer and a member of tbe bar of good character and bearing an honored name — following the profession of an attorney as his regular means of livelihood. He was at one time State Labor Commissioner of Missouri and at another held a Federal position charged with the duty of writing reports on the labor situation in this country and abroad.
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cowley v. PulsiferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Park v. Detroit Free Press Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1888
- Julian v. Kansas City Star Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- Barber v. St. Louis Dispatch Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1877
- Riggs v. St. Francois County Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1906
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- Scott v. Times-Mirror Co.California Supreme Court · 1919
- Coots v. PaytonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
- Lundin v. Post Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Cornelius v. CorneliusSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
- Cobb v. Oklahoma Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
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