Naulty v. Bulletin Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 57, Jan. T., 1903, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March T., 1901, No. 2892, oh demurrer to statement in case of Edwin F. Naulty v. Bulletin Company. Trespass for libel.
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Appeal, No. 57, Jan. T., 1903, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., March T., 1901, No. 2892, oh demurrer to statement in case of Edwin F. Naulty v. Bulletin Company. Trespass for libel. The material portion of the plaintiff’s statement was as follows : And the plaintiff further saith that the Bulletin Company, a corporation conducting and publishing a newspaper called “ The Evening Bulletin,” in the city of Philadelphia, well knowing the premises, and intending to injure plaintiff and to deprive him of his good name, and further intending to cause plaintiff to lose and to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
Little need be said to sustain the judgment of the trial court. We cannot agree with the learned counsel for the appellant that the innuendoes set out in the statement are supported by the language used in the publication complained of. No fair or reasonable construction of the words in the objectionable article will warrant the innuendo, laid in the statement, “ that this plaintiff is not qualified in his chosen occupation as an *134expert in historical matters and a promoter and manager of historical and partriotic projects, and that in sending out the letter…
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