Foster-Milburn Co. v. Chinn
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 54. — ACTION BY J. P. CHINN AGAINST THE FOSTERMILBURN COMPANY FOR LIBEL. — Appeal from Mercer Circuit Court. Judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. —
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court bl
Judge Hobson
— Reversing.
The Foster-Milburn Company is a corporation with its principal office at Buffalo, N. Y. Among *426other things it manufactures Doan’s Kidney Pills, and publishes, to advertise the pills, “Doan’s Directory.” In this directory it printed a picture of J. P. Chinn, and, under the picture were these words: “Senator Chinn, famous Kentucky horseman, gives testimony. Was cured by Doan’s Kidney Pills when miserable with pain in the back. Senator Jack Chinn is a prominent figure in the Blue Grass country of Kentucky, famous for its beautiful women and for its…
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