Cooper v. Romney
Montana Supreme Court
'Appeal from District Court, Ravalli Countyj John E. Patterson, Judge. Action for libel by O. C. Cooper against Miles Romney. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment on order of nonsuit. submitted a brief; Mr. R. F. O’Hara argued the cause orally.
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'Appeal from District Court, Ravalli Countyj John E. Patterson, Judge. Action for libel by O. C. Cooper against Miles Romney. Plaintiff appeals from a judgment on order of nonsuit. submitted a brief; Mr. R. F. O’Hara argued the cause orally. The article set forth in the complaint charges a public officer with dishonest and corrupt motives, and with a dishonest transaction in relation to a public or official act; that the charge of graft therein of itself is libelous, and that it was incumbent upon the defendant in this ease to prove the truth of the charges or suffer the consequence. (Craig…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanner
Action for libel. Appeal from a judgment on order of non-suit. The complaint alleges that on December 10, 1912, the defendant, as editor, proprietor and manager of the “Western News,” a newspaper of general circulation in Ravalli county, Montana, did publish of and concerning the plaintiff, a member of the board of county commissioners of said county, the following false and malicious defamation, to-wit:
“Just prior to adjournment the commissioners entered into another contract — with the Hamilton Publishing Company, publisher of the ‘Ravalli Republican,’ to do and perform the county printing…
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