Lauder v. Jones
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Richland county; Cowan, J. Action by William S. Lauder against Evan S. Jones. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The office of the inducement is to set out the circumstances, and of the colloquium to show that the words were spoken with reference thereto. Townshend on Slander and Libel, sections 335, 336, 337; Sturtevant v. Root, 27 N. H. 69; Com. v. Child, 13 Pick. 198; 13 Enc.
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Appeal from District Court, Richland county; Cowan, J. Action by William S. Lauder against Evan S. Jones. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. The office of the inducement is to set out the circumstances, and of the colloquium to show that the words were spoken with reference thereto. Townshend on Slander and Libel, sections 335, 336, 337; Sturtevant v. Root, 27 N. H. 69; Com. v. Child, 13 Pick. 198; 13 Enc. PL & Pr. 49-54 and 32-36. The defendant must have made a defamatory charge to render himself liable, and it is not sufficient that persons hearing or reading the statement of…
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, C. J.
Action for libel. The jury returned a verdict for $7,000 in plaintiff’s favor. Defendant made a motion for new ¡trial. This appeal is from the order overruling the same. The motion for new trial was made on a statement of case in which defendant specified 110 alleged errors as grounds for the motion. The same errors, and all of them, are assigned in appellant’s brief as grounds for reversing the order appealed from. Only a portion of them, however, are supported in the body of his brief “with reasons and authorities,” as required by rule 14 of this court (91 N. W. viii), and are therefore…
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