Adams v. Scott
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Minnehaha County. Hon. Joseph W. Jones, Judge. Action by George E. Adams-against Miark D. Scott, for damages for,libel. From an order requiring plaintiff to amend the complaint and insert particulars, he appeals.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Minnehaha County. Hon. Joseph W. Jones, Judge. Action by George E. Adams-against Miark D. Scott, for damages for,libel. From an order requiring plaintiff to amend the complaint and insert particulars, he appeals. The matter published could not fail to have a tendency to injure plaintiff in his business, as it, in effect, charges him with running a disorderly house, or house of ill fame, which under the provisions of Sections'376 and 3yf, Penal Code, would be an indictable offense. Language regarding hotel or boardinghouse keepers is actionable per se, if it reflects…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
Action founded on an alleged libel published in defendant’s newspaper. The plaintiff, in paragraph 6 of the complaint, claims damages as follows: “(a) The reputation and good name of his said Grace hotel, $1,000. (b) Direct loss, in failure on the part of the public to patronize his said'Grace Hotel the same after the publication as before, in the sum of $2,000. (c) In direct less in value of his lease of the said property as a hotel, store, and restaurant, $1,000.”
The trial -court on defendant’s motion, entered an -order requiring plaintiff to amend his complaint “so that said paragraph 6…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Pratt v. Pioneer-Press Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Barron v. SmithSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1904
- Stokes v. StokesNew York Supreme Court · 1894
- Cruikshank v. BennettNew York Supreme Court · 1900
- Ramharter v. OlsonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
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