Lambert v. Cowles
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Sullivan, J., entered September 16, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for newspaper libel.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The plaintiff seeks damages which he alleges resulted to him from a libelous publication made by the defendant in the Spokesman-Review, of which newspaper he is the publisher. A trial in the superior court resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant, from which the plaintiff has appealed.
The principal contention made by counsel for appellant is that respondent’s plea of justification, alleging the truth of the alleged libelous statement, was not sufficient to permit the introduction of evidence in support thereof, and that the trial court erred in overruling the demurrer…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Cooper v. GreeleyCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
- Fenstermaker v. Tribune Publishing Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1895
- Stark v. Publishers George Knapp & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1901
- Hauger v. BenuaIndiana Supreme Court · 1899
- Kuhn v. YoungTexas Supreme Court · 1890
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