Merrill v. Post Publishing Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for a libel alleged to have been printed concerning the plaintiff by the defendant in a newspaper called the Boston Sunday Post.
Read the full summary
Tort for a libel alleged to have been printed concerning the plaintiff by the defendant in a newspaper called the Boston Sunday Post. Writ in the Superior Court for the county of Essex, dated September 2, 1904. The material allegations of the first count of the declaration were that the plaintiff was the postmaster of Salem, and was “ the person referred to in the herein alleged libel as postmaster, W. H. Merrill, and Harvey Merrill, and brother of Sophie Merrill ”; that “ the matter hereinafter charged to be libellous was published by said defendant of and concerning the plaintiff, in…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
It is alleged in the first count, which by reference sets forth at length the whole article published in the defendant’s newspaper, that this article was published “ of and concerning the plaintiff, in conjunction with his sister also mentioned in said libellous publication.”
*190We are of opinion that as matter of law there is nothing in what is there written as to the mystery of the divided house, No. 12 Liberty Street, Salem, which is a libel on the plaintiff. It is not stated that the plaintiff lived at that house during the time in question. It was Sophie and her father and John Barker and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Morasse v. BrochuMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Twombly v. MonroeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Haynes v. Clinton Printing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. GreenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Wellman v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nNew York Supreme Court · 1892
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by32 opinions
- Eyal v. Helen Broadcasting Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Correllas v. ViveirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Cook v. Globe Printing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1910
- New England Tractor-Trailer Training of Connecticut, Inc. v. Globe Newspaper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Reilly v. Associated PressMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
27 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.