Legal Opinion

State v. Piver

Washington Supreme Court

Decided June 13, 1913No. 10958PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered November 27, 1912, dismissing a prosecution for libel.

1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.

— The defendant was charged with criminal libel, in the superior court of King county. Upon the trial of the case, the trial court was of the opinion that it had no jurisdiction. The case was therefore dismissed. The state has appealed.

It was stipulated, in substance, at the trial that the defendant was, at the time of the alleged publication, the editor and *97proprietor of the Underwriters’ Report, a newspaper edited, printed and published in San Francisco, California, and from San Francisco circulated through the United States mail in King county, Washington,/ as well as in other counties and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States v. Press Publishing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. United States v. SmithDistrict Court, D. Indiana · 1909
  3. State ex rel. Taubman v. HustonSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1905

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Ford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. Age-Herald Pub. Co. v. HuddlestonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  3. Sachs v. Government of the Canal ZoneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1949
  4. Eberhardt v. BarkerSupreme Court of Florida · 1932
  5. State v. JostSupreme Court of Vermont · 1968

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