Labor Review Publishing Co. v. Galliher
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Anniston City Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Coleman, Jr. Action for libel by J. W. Galiiher against the Labor Review Publishing Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The libelous matter is set out in tbe opinion of the court, and as set out was contained in the first count, which was stricken on demurrer.
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Appeal from Anniston City Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Coleman, Jr. Action for libel by J. W. Galiiher against the Labor Review Publishing Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The libelous matter is set out in tbe opinion of the court, and as set out was contained in the first count, which was stricken on demurrer. The other counts in the complaint were as follows: “(2) Plaintiff claims of defendant the other and further sum of |5,000 as damages for falsely and maliciously publishing of and concerning the plaintiff the matter set out in the first count of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
— The action is for libel; and the act, commonly called the “Anti-boycott Law,” approved September 26, 1903 (Gen. Acts 1903, p. 281), neither had nor has any bearing upon the case. If it should be otherwise influential in such an action, this suit was instituted before the passage of the act.
The matter complained of, Avhich appeared in several issues of the Labor Review, a newspaper, is thus stated in the pleadings: “Carpenters Take Action. At a Recent Meeting Contractors are Placed on ‘Unfair List.’ The Labor Review has been handed the following, with instructions to publish and keep…
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