Brown v. Globe Printing Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — Hon. Wm. H. Martin, Judge. (1) A publication of all the proceedings concerning the extradition proceedings in the case of the State of Missouri against William Ziegler was privileged, if fair and impartial. 22 Cyc. Libel and Slander, p. 411; 18 Am. and Eng. Ency. Law (2 Ed.), 1043, 1045 and 1046; Booglier v. Knapp, 97 Mo. 122; Beiser v. Scripps-McRae Pub.
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Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — Hon. Wm. H. Martin, Judge. (1) A publication of all the proceedings concerning the extradition proceedings in the case of the State of Missouri against William Ziegler was privileged, if fair and impartial. 22 Cyc. Libel and Slander, p. 411; 18 Am. and Eng. Ency. Law (2 Ed.), 1043, 1045 and 1046; Booglier v. Knapp, 97 Mo. 122; Beiser v. Scripps-McRae Pub. Co., 113 Ky. 383; McBee v. Fulton, 47 Md. 403; Barrows v. Bell, 7 Gray 301; Wason v. Walter, 4 Law Rep. Q. B. 73; Tresca'v. Maddox, 15 Am. Dec. 214; Bissell v. Press Pub. Co., 66 Hun 551; Stuart v. Press…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is an action for damages for libel. Plaintiff recovered judgment for two- thousand dollars actual damages and ten thousand dollars punitive damages against the defendant, from which judgment, after ineffectual motions for a new trial and in arrest, defendant appealed.
' The petition sets forth, in substance: That plaintiff is a citizen of this State and an attorney at law, engaged in the practice of his profession at Jefferson City, Cole county, Missouri; that defendant is a business corporation of this State, with a capital stock of $500,000, and at the times mentioned in the petition…
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