Austin v. Hyndman
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Jackson; Peck, J. Case by Addison J. Austin against Duncan Hyndman for libel. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error. This is an action of libel, in which the plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment of $175 for damages to the feelings of the plaintiff. Plaintiff was a supervisor, and a candidate for re-election at the time of the publication of the alleged libel. The publication was as follows: “SAD CASE IN NORVELL.
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Error to Jackson; Peck, J. Case by Addison J. Austin against Duncan Hyndman for libel. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error. This is an action of libel, in which the plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment of $175 for damages to the feelings of the plaintiff. Plaintiff was a supervisor, and a candidate for re-election at the time of the publication of the alleged libel. The publication was as follows: “SAD CASE IN NORVELL. “And Some Queer Practices by a Sworn Official. “There lives in the village of Norvell, in this county, an estimable lady, Mrs. Eliza Sweezey, who is 87…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, C. J.
(after stating the facts). 1. The court instructed the jury that Mrs. Sweezey was the owner of the life estate, that it was her duty to pay the taxes, that the land was properly assessed to her, and that the publication overstepped the bounds of privilege which the occasion gives, in that it charged the plaintiff with having unlawfully, knowingly, and with an improper or corrupt motive, made the assessment of the property to her, instead of to the estate of William Sweezey. The duty of the owner of the life estate to pay the taxes is conceded. • The learned counsel for the defendant claim…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Bailey v. Kalamazoo Publishing Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1879
- Dunneback v. Tribune Printing Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1895
- McGuire v. VaughanMichigan Supreme Court · 1895
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