Legal Opinion
Smith v. Smith
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 1889PublishedCited by 25 opinions
Error to Eaton. (Hooker, J.) Case for libel. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.
This is an action for libel, alleging that defendant composed and published, or caused to be composed and published, in a certain newspaper, a notice signed by Henry O. Smith, as follows:
“Notice.
“My wife, Mrs. Henry O. Smith, deserted me in my , sickness, and has informed me I could get another woman, for she had quit. I forbid all persons from harboring or trusting her on my account.
“ Henry O. Smith.”
“Platon Rapids, Dec. 27, 1883.”
The declaration contains two counts, — one alleging that the defendant composed and published, and the other that he caused to be composed and published, the libel…
2Cited by25 opinions
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- Brewer v. ChaseMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
- Massee v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1913
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