Hollenbeck v. Hall
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal jrom Cedar Rapids Superior Court. — Hon. T. M. Gtb'erson, Judge, The plaintiff alleged in his petition that “on or about the first day of June, 1893, the defendant, P. E. Hail, for the purpose of injuring the good name and reputation of the plaintiff herein, and to expose him to the public hatred, contempt, and ridicule, and to deprive him of the benefit of public confidence and social intercourse', did publish of and concerning the plaintiff the following false,…
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Appeal jrom Cedar Rapids Superior Court. — Hon. T. M. Gtb'erson, Judge, The plaintiff alleged in his petition that “on or about the first day of June, 1893, the defendant, P. E. Hail, for the purpose of injuring the good name and reputation of the plaintiff herein, and to expose him to the public hatred, contempt, and ridicule, and to deprive him of the benefit of public confidence and social intercourse', did publish of and concerning the plaintiff the following false, libelous, and defamatory matter to-wifc: ‘Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Dec. 7, 1892. P. E. Hall, Pres. O. R. & M. C. R’y Co., Cedar…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
Conceding the letter to> have been published, was it libelous? Our statute defines “libel” to be “the malicious defamation of a person made public by any printing, writing, sign, picture, representation or -effigy, tending to provoke him to- wrath or expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, or to deprive *216him of the benefits of public confidence and social inter: course.” Code 1873, section 4097. “Defamation” is defined by Webster as “the taking from another’s reputation.” O-dgers, in his work on Libel and Slander, says-: “Words which produce any perceptible injury to the reputation…
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