Brown v. George Knapp & Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cole Circuit Court'. — Hon. Wm. H. Martin, Judge. (1) The publication sued upon is not libelous because it is, and appears upon its face to be, part of the report of a legal proceeding, in which the epithets complained of as libelous were applied by counsel to tbe plaintiff under circumstances, as disclosed by tbe publication itself, which showed them to be mere invective and unwarranted by the facts upon which they were predicated.
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Appeal from Cole Circuit Court'. — Hon. Wm. H. Martin, Judge. (1) The publication sued upon is not libelous because it is, and appears upon its face to be, part of the report of a legal proceeding, in which the epithets complained of as libelous were applied by counsel to tbe plaintiff under circumstances, as disclosed by tbe publication itself, which showed them to be mere invective and unwarranted by the facts upon which they were predicated. Newell on Slander and Libel, pp. 33, 34; Bridgman v. Armer, 57 Mo. App. 528; Ritchie v. Stenius, 73 Mich. 563; Haynes v. Haynes, 29 Me. 247; Young v.…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
The plaintiff, brought this action against the defendant, a corporation, organized under *665the laws of this State with a capital stock of $500,000, and the owner and publisher in the city of St. Louis of a daily newspaper known as the “St. Louis Republic.” It was alleged that the daily edition of this paper exceeds one hundred thousand per day.
The petition states that on February 2, 1904, and prior thereto, there was pending at the city of Albany, New York, before the Governor of the State of New York, a certain proceeding wherein the Governor of the State of Missouri sought to secure the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Dorr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Buckley v. KnappSupreme Court of Missouri · 1871
- Goetz v. AmbsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1858
- Reed v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1896
- Hall v. AdkinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Warner v. Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- New York Times Company v. SullivanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
- Johnson Publishing Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
- Cook v. Globe Printing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1910
- Head v. New York Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1930
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