Legal Opinion
Cartwright v. HERALD PUB. CO.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided December 12, 1951No. 16574PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an action for damages for libel which resulted in verdict and judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiff appealed. He was a member of the State House of Representatives from York County. He alleged that he was the target of two letters which were published on Sept. 2, 1949 and Sept. 6, 1949, in the daily Rock Hill Evening Herald, addressed “To the Readers” and signed, respectively, by Carl D. White and Harry B. Laws, Jr., both of York. The letters did not refer to appellant by name but as a church elder and there were other allusions from which, it was alleged in the complaint,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Duncan v. the Record Publishing Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1927
- Worrell v. South Carolina Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1938
- Switzer v. American Ry. Express Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1922
- Ford v. A. A. A. Highway Express, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1944
- Jackson v. Record Publishing Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1935
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Rayco Manufacturing Company v. DunnDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1964
- Foretich v. Capital Cities/Abc, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- Duckworth v. First National BankSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1970
- Conwell v. Spur Oil Co. of Western SCSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1962
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