Age-Herald Publishing Co. v. Waterman
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard, before Hon. E. C. Crowe. Action by John B. Waterman against tbe Age-Herald Publishing Company for libel. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard, before Hon. E. C. Crowe. Action by John B. Waterman against tbe Age-Herald Publishing Company for libel. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Count 2 is as follows: Plaintiff claims of defendant tbe sum of $30,000 damages for false and maliciously publishing of and concerning plaintiff in a newspaper published in Birmingham, Jefferson county, Ala., called the Birmingham Age-Herald, on, to wit, the 28th day of May, 1910, with intent to defame plaintiff, a statement in substance as hereinafter set out, the same having reference to the…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
The action is libel. The libel alleged was the publication of what purported to be a report of the proceedings had in a bankruptcy court, before a referee in bankruptcy, in the matter of Knight, Yancey & Co., engaged in the business of buying and selling cotton. The bankrupt was supposed to have issued and disposed of a vast amount of spurious and fraudulent bills of lading.
The plaintiff was not a member of the partnership of Knight, Yancey & Co., but only had dealings with it in the cotton business, and seems to have been on friendly relations with some members of the firm.
The reporter will…
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