Crooks v. Bunn
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
No. 87 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 105 March Term 1886, C. P. No. 1. On March 27,1886, William C. Crooks brought case for libel against William M. Bunn. Issue. At the trial on December 31, 1886, it was made to appear that the libelous matter complained of was the publication of certain defamatory articles in the Sunday Transcript, of which it was alleged that the defendant was editor and proprietor.
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No. 87 January Term 1890, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 105 March Term 1886, C. P. No. 1. On March 27,1886, William C. Crooks brought case for libel against William M. Bunn. Issue. At the trial on December 31, 1886, it was made to appear that the libelous matter complained of was the publication of certain defamatory articles in the Sunday Transcript, of which it was alleged that the defendant was editor and proprietor. The articles appeared in the issues of September 28, 1885, and March 31, 1886. The libelous character of the articles was not controverted, nor that they were of and concerning…
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Opinion,
Me. Justice Gkeen:
The letter of December 26, 1884, was a private letter, written by the defendant to his friend, Mr. Lindsey. The latter had long been, and was at the time Mr. Bunn was appointed governor of Idaho, city editor of the Transcript, and continued as such thereafter. The letter was written in December, 1884. The defendant claims that he made a lease of the Transcript property to Jackson in June, 1884, and did not resume his connection with the paper till about June 1, 1886, or very shortly before. The contents of the letter prove that it was a mere friendly letter, in which…
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