Smith v. Times Publishing Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 212, July T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Pbila, Co., Sept. T., 1892, No. 549, on verdict for plaintiff. /Sterrett, C. J., and Dean, J., concurred in the decision, but the former also favored sustaining the fourth assignment of >error, and the latter favored reversing on the fourth assignment of error alone, and dissented from so much of the opinion of the court as held the act of May 20, 1891, constitutional. Trespass for libel.
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Appeal, No. 212, July T., 1895, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Pbila, Co., Sept. T., 1892, No. 549, on verdict for plaintiff. /Sterrett, C. J., and Dean, J., concurred in the decision, but the former also favored sustaining the fourth assignment of >error, and the latter favored reversing on the fourth assignment of error alone, and dissented from so much of the opinion of the court as held the act of May 20, 1891, constitutional. Trespass for libel. Before Gordon, J. The alleged libelous matter was contained in two articles, published in the “Times” on the second and third days…
1Concurrence
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
I fully concur, in the disposition made of this case, and am satisfied that the opinion of the court just filed affords a complete vindication of the judgment. But we have rested our action on the authority conferred by the second section of the act of May 20, 1891. This is the first occasion on which we have availed ourselves of this provision. Its constitutionality has been gravely questioned. The hesitancy of this court about accepting the responsibility which the exercise of the power coii*504ferred by this statute necessarily involves, has naturally been…
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