Legal Opinion

Arnold v. Ingram

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 7, 1913PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eau Claire county: E. W. Helks, Judge. The appeal is by the defendant O. Ii. Ingram from a judgment rendered against both defendants for $525 damages and $277.28 costs. The facts are fully stated in the opinion. Upon the question of excessive publication they cited 25 C'yc. 387; Coleman v. MacLennan, 78 Kan. 711, 98 Pac. 281, 20 L. R. A. N. s. 361; Redgate v. Roush, 61 Kan. 480, 59 Pac. 1050; Mertens v. Bee Pub. Co. 5 Neb.

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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Eau Claire county: E. W. Helks, Judge. The appeal is by the defendant O. Ii. Ingram from a judgment rendered against both defendants for $525 damages and $277.28 costs. The facts are fully stated in the opinion. Upon the question of excessive publication they cited 25 C'yc. 387; Coleman v. MacLennan, 78 Kan. 711, 98 Pac. 281, 20 L. R. A. N. s. 361; Redgate v. Roush, 61 Kan. 480, 59 Pac. 1050; Mertens v. Bee Pub. Co. 5 Neb. (Unof.) 592, 99 N. W. 847; Hatch v. Lane, 105 Mass. 394; Shurtleff v. Stevens, 51 Yt. 501; Fahr v. Hayes, 50 N. J. Law, 275,…

1Opinion of the Court

The following opinion was filed October 29, 1912:

Timlin, J.

In this action for libel against the appellant and one Granville Ross Pike it appeared that the latter was a clergyman who delivered a political sermon or discourse and sent a synopsis of it for publication to the Daily Telegram, a newspaper printed and published in the city of Eau Olaire, another to the Eau Olaire Leader, a like newspaper. There was evidence tending to show that the appellant in person delivered the manuscript of this synopsis to the publisher of the Daily Telegram, who published the same, and the jury so found, but…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Harrigan v. GilchristWisconsin Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Coleman v. MacLennanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908
  3. Calkins v. SumnerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1860
  4. Schultz v. StraussWisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  5. Peterson v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Maynard v. Port Publications, Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Cafferty v. . Southern Tier Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
  3. Scott v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1974
  4. Noral v. Hearst Publications, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1940
  5. Maidman v. Jewish Publications, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1960

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