Louisville Press Co. v. Tennelly
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 46 — LIBEL 1. The Daviess Circuit Court had no jurisdiction. Mitchell v. Ripy, 82 Ky., 516; Civil Code, secs. 72, 74; Watts v. Thomas, 2 Bibb, 458; Am. & Eng.
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Case 46 — LIBEL 1. The Daviess Circuit Court had no jurisdiction. Mitchell v. Ripy, 82 Ky., 516; Civil Code, secs. 72, 74; Watts v. Thomas, 2 Bibb, 458; Am. & Eng. Enc. of Law, vol. 13, p. 373; 4 B. & A., 143; Ward v. Smith, 6 Bing., 749; Shipley v. Todhunter, 7 C. & P., 680; Clegg v. Lafler, 3 Moore & Scott, 727; Fry v. Bennett, 28 N. Y., 324; Defries v. Davis, 7 C. & P., 112; Pollock on Torts, p. 4; Cooley on Torts, (2d ed.), 84; C. & O. S. W. R. R. Co. v. Heath’s Admr., 87 Ky., 652; Peterson v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 33 L. R. A., 302. 2. The court erred in admitting incompetent…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE GUFFY
delivered the opinion op the court.
This was an action for libel, brought against appellant, who was the publisher of a newspaper, and published in its said paper the following: “FOUND AT LAST. The search for the meanest man on earth has been busily prosecuted for years, but I claim the proud distinction of having located him. He lives in Owensboro, but, strange to say, his fame has heretofore been confined to that town and immediate vicinity. He is an undertaker in the Daviess county capital, but, in addition to his undertaking establishment, he conducts a note-shaving business. In…
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