Bruce v. Reed
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas Mo. 1 of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1883, Mo. 59. This was an action on the case for libel, by David D. Bruce, against Josiah Ming, Melson P., Eeed and George W. Eeed, proprietors of the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, under the name of King, Peed & Co. The declaration, after averring that the plaintiff was a person of good credit and reputation, an attorney-at-law, and a member of Select Council of the city of…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas Mo. 1 of Allegheny county: Of October and November Term 1883, Mo. 59. This was an action on the case for libel, by David D. Bruce, against Josiah Ming, Melson P., Eeed and George W. Eeed, proprietors of the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, under the name of King, Peed & Co. The declaration, after averring that the plaintiff was a person of good credit and reputation, an attorney-at-law, and a member of Select Council of the city of Pittsburgh, averred as follows: “ The said defendants, well knowing the premises, but contriving and maliciously and wickedly…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Mercur
The defendants are the proprietors of a daily newspaper, called the Commercial Gazette, published in the city of Pittsburgh.
This suit is to recover damages for the composing and publishing as editorial in the columns of that paper, an article, reflecting on the plaintiff, which the jury have found to be libelous.
The first and second specifications of error are to the rejection of evidence of substantially the same character, offered by the plaintiff.
*414Whether the evidence was properly rejected depends on the liability of the defendants for the conduct of Dr. Palmer, who was one of the editors…
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