Westerfield v. Scripps
California Supreme Court
APPEAL -from an order of th.e Superior Court of Los Angeles County granting a new trial. Waldo M. York, Judge. The main facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The substance of the instruction with reference to the defendant’s plea of justification, is stated in the syllabus on that subject.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Fleet, J.
Action for libel, in which plaintiff had verdict and judgment. The lower court set the verdict aside and granted a new trial upon the ground, as expressed in its order, “of error of law occurring at the trial, consisting in the admission by the court, as evidence, of the publication in the defendants’ paper of October 18, 1895, of an article headed, 'After the Stuff,’ and relating to plaintiff, and the commencement of this action, and not on the ground of the insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict of the jury.”
Plaintiff appeals from the order, contending that the article in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Cruikshank v. . GordonNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Harris v. ZanoneCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
- Childers v. San Jose Mercury Printing & Publishing Co.California Supreme Court · 1894
- Taylor v. HearstCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- Bacon v. Michigan Central R. R.Michigan Supreme Court · 1884
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