Shaffroth v. Tribune
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Cascade County; II. H. Ewing, Judge. Action by Fred Shaffroth against “The Tribune.” Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals. In Landon v. Watkins 61 Minn. 137, 63 N. W. 615, the court said that in determining whether a publication is libelous per se, the head-line of the article should be considered.
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Appeal from District Court, Cascade County; II. H. Ewing, Judge. Action by Fred Shaffroth against “The Tribune.” Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals. In Landon v. Watkins 61 Minn. 137, 63 N. W. 615, the court said that in determining whether a publication is libelous per se, the head-line of the article should be considered. The headline of an article or paragraph, being so conspicuous as to attract the attention of persons who look casually over a paper without carefully reading all its contents, may in itself inflict very serious injury upon a person, both because it may be the only…
1Opinion of the Court
MR. COMMISSIONER JACKSON
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Fred Shaffroth sued “The Tribune,” a Great Falls newspaper, for libel, alleging the libelous matter to be as follows:
“He Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny.
“Fred Shaffroth Admits Theft of Piece of Machinery from Great Northern.
“George Shaffroth is now awaiting sentence for grand larceny, to which charge he yesterday entered a plea of guilty in the district court before Judge H. H. Ewing. Shaffroth was arraigned upon an information which charged him with the theft on Nov. 10 of an Avery Tractor magneto, valued at $90, *17the property of the…
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