Baker v. Kansas City Times Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri
At law. This was an action for libel. [By F. P. Baker against the Kansas City Times Company.] Plea justification. The facts sufficiently appear in the charge.
1Opinion of the Court
KREKEL, District Judge,
charged the jury as follows: During the year 1877, there were published in Topeka, in the state of Kansas, two newspapers, one called the Commonwealth, owned and controlled by Floyd P. Baker, the plaintiff in this suit, the other called the Blade, controlled by J. Clark Sway-ze. During the same year, 1877, two other newspapers were published, one in Leavenworth, in the state of Kansas, known as the Leavenworth Times, the other in Kansas City, in the state of Missouri, known as the Kansas City Times, published by the defendant in this suit. The paper issued by this…
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