Mosnat v. Snyder
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Benton District Court. — Hon. G. W. Burnham, Judge. An action for libel. The basis of the action is a letter written from Belle Plaine, Iowa, to Charlés Kipp, of Pennsylvania. It appears from the petition that plaintiff is an attorney at law of some twenty years’ standing and that the letter was falsely and maliciously published of and concerning him.
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Appeal from Benton District Court. — Hon. G. W. Burnham, Judge. An action for libel. The basis of the action is a letter written from Belle Plaine, Iowa, to Charlés Kipp, of Pennsylvania. It appears from the petition that plaintiff is an attorney at law of some twenty years’ standing and that the letter was falsely and maliciously published of and concerning him. The objectionable part of the letter is as follows: Belle Plaine, la., March 26,1894. “Charles Kipp — Dear Sir: Your favor of the 24th at hand. Thanks for the same. “We are looking into* the doing of this tribe of attorneys. It looks…
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
— I. We are first to consider the. question, is the letter libelous per se? In-considering this question, care must be taken to disregard facts, necessarily in mind from a reading of the record, that are foreign to the question. Our statutory definition of “libel,” so far as it is applicable to this case, is as follows: “A libel is the malicious; defamation of a person made public by any * * * writing * * * tending to provoke him to- wrath or expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule^ or to' deprive him of the benefits of public confidence and social intercourse.” Code 1873, section…
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