Washington Post Co. v. O'Donnell
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action of libel. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an action to recover damages for libel, begun by James O’Donnell against the Washington Post Company and the Durham Duplex Razor Company. Plaintiff is a retail dealer in drugs, etc., in the city of Washington.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action of libel. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an action to recover damages for libel, begun by James O’Donnell against the Washington Post Company and the Durham Duplex Razor Company. Plaintiff is a retail dealer in drugs, etc., in the city of Washington. On Friday, February 9, 1912, the Washington Post Company, at the solicitation of the Durham Duplex Razor Company, published an advertisement which is set out in the declaration. This…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shepard
Numerous errors have been assigned, involving the admissibility of testimony, and the granting of instructions in their order and together.
First. There was no error in admitting in evidence the telegram of the Durham Duplex Razor Company offering indemnity for the publication of the libel. It tended to show wilfulness in the publication of the libel. It tended to show wilfulness *239in the publication by both defendants, and the same ruling- applies to the telegram and letter of Prescott as attorney for the defendant.
Second. The advertising matter of the Durham Duplex Razor Company was…
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- Richardson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1886
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