Legal Opinion
Bodine v. Times-Journal Pub. Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 8, 1910No. 456PublishedCited by 16 opinions
Error from, District Court, Oklahoma, County; G. W. Clark, Judge. Action by Thomas J. Bodine against the Times-Journal Publishing Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. Briefs did not reach the reporter.
1Opinion of the CourtDunn, C. J.
The plaintiff in error, Thomas J. Bodine, sued the Times-Journal Publishing Company in the district court of Oklahoma county for libel for and on account of the publication of the following articles:
“Some Police Court News. Before Judge Hayson. Tom Bodine hit a man while in a trance. Other cases. * * * Tom Bodine soaked W. M. Thompson in the eye ‘unbeknownst to himself.’ He and Thompson were standing at the bar in Hrabe’s saloon last Sunday evening and suddenly, without any provocation, nor without any knowledge of committing the act, he knocked Thompson down. As a matter of fact, Thompson…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- McAllister v. Detroit Free Press Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1889
- Langdon v. Judges of the Wayne Circuit CourtMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
- Brewer v. ChaseMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
- Torrey v. FieldSupreme Court of Vermont · 1838
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Kee v. Armstrong, Byrd & Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919
- Kelly v. RoetzelSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
- McKenney v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Spencer v. MinnickSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- German-American Ins. Co. v. HuntleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
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