Comerford v. West End Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for slander. Trial in the Superior Court, before Mason, C. J., who directed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
In Fogg v. Boston & Lowell Railroad, 148 Mass. 513, it was held that “ a corporation is liable in damages *14for the publication of a libel, as it is for its other torts ”; and it was said, “ To establish its liability, the publication must be shown to have been made by its authority, or to have been ratified by it, or to have been made by one of its servants or agents in the course of the business in which he was employed.” See also Howland v. Blake Manuf. Co. 156 Mass. 543.
Of course, if slanderous words are shown to have been uttered by the authority of a corporation, or to have been ratified…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McLaughlin v. CowleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Fogg v. Boston & Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Howland v. George F. Blake Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
3Cited by13 opinions
- Arsenault v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1980
- Johnson v. East Boston Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Co. v. LongCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1915
- W. B. Davis Son v. RupleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- White v. Apsley Rubber Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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