Taylor v. Church

Action for a libel. The plaintiffs were merchants, doing business at Columbus, Miss. The defendant was engaged in ascertaining the standing and credit of merchants residing and doing business in the southern and southwestern states, and communicating such information to certain merchants in New York, who were doing business with the merchants in those states.

The libel complained of was a letter written by the defendant at Columbus, reflecting unfavorably upon the character and credit of the plaintiffs, and forwarded to a mercantile firm in New York for the use of that firm and thirty-six…