Rumney v. Worthley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for alleged libel contained in two letters mailed by tbe defendant in January, 1901, and addressed to the plaintiff. Writ dated May 18, 1901. At tbe trial in the Superior Court before Gtaskill, J., it was admitted that the defendant wrote and mailed the letters and that they were libellous. It appeared that the letters were opened and read by the plaintiff’s daughter. The evidence in regard to publication is described in the opinion.
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Tort for alleged libel contained in two letters mailed by tbe defendant in January, 1901, and addressed to the plaintiff. Writ dated May 18, 1901. At tbe trial in the Superior Court before Gtaskill, J., it was admitted that the defendant wrote and mailed the letters and that they were libellous. It appeared that the letters were opened and read by the plaintiff’s daughter. The evidence in regard to publication is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, the judge ordered a verdict for the defendant on the ground that there was no publication of the letters by the defendant, and…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The only question reserved in this report is whether there was any evidence of publication of the libels, or either of them, contained in the two letters addressed by the defendant to the plaintiff. These letters were sent by mail in the ordinary way, addressed to the plaintiff at No. 12 Burtt Street, Lowell, which was his place of residence. His wife conducted a grocery store which was attached to the dwelling house, at No. 14 Burtt Street, she having filed a certificate, under the provisions of the Pub. Sts. c. 147, § 11, that she was doing business as a married woman. The plaintiff acted…
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