Bee Publishing Co. v. World Publishing Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court of Douglas county. Tried jbelow before Scott, J. argued that the proposition that punitive or exemplary damages could not be recovered in this state for libel or slander was not disputed; and this rule needed no discussion, except to show that it was violated in spirit and effect by repeated rulings, complained of herein as prejudicial errors; that the plaintiff, being a corporation, could recover no damages except for actual loss of business, and…
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Error to the district court of Douglas county. Tried jbelow before Scott, J. argued that the proposition that punitive or exemplary damages could not be recovered in this state for libel or slander was not disputed; and this rule needed no discussion, except to show that it was violated in spirit and effect by repeated rulings, complained of herein as prejudicial errors; that the plaintiff, being a corporation, could recover no damages except for actual loss of business, and profits directly traceable to the publication of the article; that whether an individual or a firm could recover beyond…
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
This proceeding in error- brings up for review a judgment of the district court of Douglas county in favor of the World Publishing Company and against the Bee Publishing Company. The action was brought to recover damages for an alleged libel published by the defendant concerning the plaintiff, and in relation to its business. Each of the litigants is a corporation engaged in the publication of a newspaper in the city of Omaha. The article complained of was printed in two editions of the Omaha Daily Bee and, in substance, asserted that the World-Herald, the newspaper published by the…
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- Anchor Milling Co. v. WalshSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
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- Weiss v. WhittemoreMichigan Supreme Court · 1873
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- Nathan Elson & Co. v. H. Beselin & SonNebraska Supreme Court · 1928
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