George Knapp & Co. v. Campbell

FLY, Associate Justice.

Appellant was sued as a corporation, the basis of the suit being a certain publication that appeared in the “St. Louis Republic,” a newspaper published daily in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, owned and controlled by said corporation. Actual damages were prayed.for in the sum of §30,000, and exemplary damages in the sum of $30,000. No special damages were alleged or proved. Appellant answered that the publication was a privileged one, warranted by the occasion, and that appellant was authorized and it was its duty to give the same to the public; that the same was not…