Nichols v. Eaton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal fram Polk District Court. — Hon. T. E. Stevenson, Judge. Action for libel. Defendant Eaton denied generally, •■and also pleaded that the -alleged libel was privileged. The ■other defendant 'denied the allegations of the petition- not expressly admitted; admitted) its corporate capacity, and that defendant Eaton was its medical director.
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Appeal fram Polk District Court. — Hon. T. E. Stevenson, Judge. Action for libel. Defendant Eaton denied generally, •■and also pleaded that the -alleged libel was privileged. The ■other defendant 'denied the allegations of the petition- not expressly admitted; admitted) its corporate capacity, and that defendant Eaton was its medical director. It avers-that the alleged libelous publication was in a letter written by an ■employe to its duly-authorized agent in the town where plaintiff lived; that said letter was written in, good faith, ■ and without intention to injure the plaintiff, and…
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
1 Appellant is a life insurance association incorporated under the laws of Iowa, with its principal placet of business at Des 'Moines. Defendant Eaton was its medical director, and one Dobaney was its clerk and bookkeeper, W. T. Botts was soliciting agent for tbe association at the’ town of Higbee, Mo., and plaintiff was its medical examiner at that place. Tbe application of one A. P. Milnes for insurance was prepared by plaintiff, signed by tbe applicant, and turned over to the soliciting agent, Botts, after plaintiff bad examined Milnes. The application was then forwarded to* tbe defendant…
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