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Chase v. New Mexico Pub. Co.

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided January 26, 1949No. 5149PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COMPTON, Justice.

Appellant instituted this proceeding against the New Mexico Publishing Company and Frank C. Rand, Jr., for libel. The claimed libel is an editorial published by appellee, New Mexico Publishing Company, April 19, 1947, as follows:

"Discriminating Taste
“One of our esteemed contemporaries, which shall be nameless, has made some unkind remarks about the ‘high-falutin taste’ of Revenue Commissioner Victor Salazar— all because he had the state buy him a $2,700. Buick, 18 feet long.
“After ¿ill, it seems to us, the taxpayers owe something to a selfless public servant who left the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Layne v. Tribune Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1933
  2. Kee v. Armstrong, Byrd & Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
  3. Colbert v. Journal Publishing Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. SheftallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  5. Wofford v. MeeksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1900

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Brown v. KittermanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969
  2. Reed v. MelnickNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1970
  3. Marchiondo v. New Mexico State Tribune Co.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. Stewart v. GingNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1958
  5. Young v. New Mexico Broadcasting CompanyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1956

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