Billings v. Charlotte Observer
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN to recover damages for alleged libel, tried before Ward, J.-, and a jury, at June Term, 1908, of Rockingham. There was allegation, with evidence, on the part of plaintiff tending to show the publication of a libelous article in defendant paper, charging plaintiff with improper conduct at Black-ville, S. C., and at Waynesville, N. C. Defendant company, admitting the publication of the articles in question, averred the truth of the facts contained therein, and…
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ActioN to recover damages for alleged libel, tried before Ward, J.-, and a jury, at June Term, 1908, of Rockingham. There was allegation, with evidence, on the part of plaintiff tending to show the publication of a libelous article in defendant paper, charging plaintiff with improper conduct at Black-ville, S. C., and at Waynesville, N. C. Defendant company, admitting the publication of the articles in question, averred the truth of the facts contained therein, and introduced testimony tending to support its position. On issues submitted, the jury rendered the following verdict: 1. “Did the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hoke, J.,
after stating the case: We do not advert to the questions chiefly raised in the plaintiff’s'case on appeal, for the reason that, under numerous and well-considered decisions of this Court, the appeal must be dismissed as having been prematurely taken. This position is well establishedj and the question has usually been raised on an issue as to damages, the very case presented here. Rogerson v. Lumber Co., 136 N. C., 266; Benton v. Collins, 121 N. C., 66; Hilliard v. Oram, 106 N. C., 467; Hicks v. Gooch, 93 N. C., 112.
In Benton v. Collins, supra, Faircloth, C. J., delivering the…
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