Snyder v. Fulton
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The facts are sufficiently given in the opinion of the Court. At the trial below the plaintiff offered the following prayers, which wore rejected, and the instructions set out in the opinion of the Court given instead : 1. If the jury believe from the evidence that there was an unlawful and felonious assault committed, as set out in the declaration of the plaintiff, that the defendants made and published in the city of…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. The facts are sufficiently given in the opinion of the Court. At the trial below the plaintiff offered the following prayers, which wore rejected, and the instructions set out in the opinion of the Court given instead : 1. If the jury believe from the evidence that there was an unlawful and felonious assault committed, as set out in the declaration of the plaintiff, that the defendants made and published in the city of Baltimore, on the 14th of October, 1808, the article set out in the said declaration; and that the plaintiff was designated by…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
This is an .appeal by the plaintiff, who recovered a judgment below; and being dissatisfied therewith, asks for a reversal for-certain alleged errors in the ruling of the Superior Court, in refusing to grant his several prayers, and in tne instruction given to the jury.
The suit is for the publication of an alleged libel, in “ The Baltimore American,” a newspaper of which the defendants arc editors, proprietors and publishers. The plaintiff’s occupation was selling newspapers and periodicals on the railway trains between Washington and Baltimore. The alleged libel was contained in an article…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- White v. NichollsSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
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- McBee v. FultonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1878
- Cheek v. J. B. G. Properties, Inc.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Ass'n v. BreslerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1970
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