Mitchell v. Bradstreet Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. L. B. Valliant, Judge.! (1) The “sheet” was a privileged communication to subscribers who were creditors of plaintiffs, and the-court erred in allowing proof of publication to such subscribers. Odgers [2 Eng. Ed. 1887], p. 238; Newell on Defamation [Ed. 1890],p.393; Trussellv. Scarlett, 18 E. R. 214; Locke v. Bradstreet, 22 E. R. 771; Sunderlinv.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. L. B. Valliant, Judge.! (1) The “sheet” was a privileged communication to subscribers who were creditors of plaintiffs, and the-court erred in allowing proof of publication to such subscribers. Odgers [2 Eng. Ed. 1887], p. 238; Newell on Defamation [Ed. 1890],p.393; Trussellv. Scarlett, 18 E. R. 214; Locke v. Bradstreet, 22 E. R. 771; Sunderlinv. Bradstreet, 46 N. Y. 188;- King v. Patterson, 49 N. J. L.417; Pollasky v. Michener, 9 L. R. A. (Mich.) 102. (2) It appeared from the petition and the admissions of plaintiff that the words published…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
Action for libel. On the twenty-fifth day of November 1889, and prior thereto, the plaintiffs were partners, engaged in the mercantile business in the town of Sugar Loaf, Cleburne county, Arkansas, under the firm name and style of Mitchell, Smith & Co. The plaintiffs kept a general store; their *231stock consisting of such goods as are usually carried by country merchants. While thus engaged the defendant, duly organized and doing business in St. Louis, Missouri, and conducting a mercantile agency, under the name of the “Bradstreet Company” on' the date aforesaid, published of and concerning the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bradstreet Co. v. GillTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Sunderlin v. . BradstreetNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Ormsby v. . DouglassNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
- Taylor v. . ChurchNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- McGinnis v. George Knapp & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Callahan v. IngramSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- David Pope Hood v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Minter v. Bradstreet Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Langworthy v. Pulitzer Publishing CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
- Shore v. Retailers Commercial Agency, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
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