Zier v. Hofflin
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Henne-pin county, Lochren, J., presiding, refusing a new trial, after a verdict for plaintiff for $1,500. The case is stated in the opinion. The words charged are not libellous. Robertson v. McDongall, 4 Bing. 6T0; People v. Jerome, 1 Mich. 142; Bennett v. Williamson, 4 Sandf. 60; Homer v. Engelhardt, 117 Mass. 539.
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
According to the complaint, the defendant falsely and maliciously caused to be published, concerning the plaintiff, in a newspaper called the “St. Paul & Minneapolis Advertiser,” widely circulated in the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, this: “Wanted, E. B. Zier, M. D., to pay a drug bill,” — in a part of the newspaper with the heading “Wanted,” and among other similarly suggestive items, of which this may be taken as a specimen: “Wanted,to pay his room rent, and not go dead-heading his way;” and to further publish it, defendant cut the item concerning the plaintiff out of the paper,…
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