Barton v. Rogers
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District for Kootenai County. Hon. John M. Flynn, Judge. Action for libel. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff, appeals. Since when has it become the law that persons may lawfully band together to injure another in his profession, hold him up to public contempt and ridicule and ruin him in his business? (8 Cye. 651; Wildee v. McKee, 111 Pa. 335, 56 Am.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District for Kootenai County. Hon. John M. Flynn, Judge. Action for libel. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff, appeals. Since when has it become the law that persons may lawfully band together to injure another in his profession, hold him up to public contempt and ridicule and ruin him in his business? (8 Cye. 651; Wildee v. McKee, 111 Pa. 335, 56 Am. Rep. 271, 2 Atl. 108.) Where persons combine, not for the purpose of protecting or advancing their own legitimate interests, but for the purpose of injuring another in his trade or business,…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, J.
This is an action for libel. The plaintiff alleges that for many years prior to August 1, 1909, he had been engaged in performing the duties incident to the profession of teaching and superintending public schools; that he had earned a lucrative salary at his profession; that for some four years continuously previous thereto he had been employed by the board of trustees of Independent School District No. 1 of Kootenai county as superintendent of the schools of that district; that during the entire term he had been so employed he had been diligent'in his profession and rendered efficient and…
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