Ivie v. . King
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Devin, J., at June Term, 1914, of Eock-INGHAM. This is an action of libel upon tbe following article: DEDICATED TO WOULD-BE CHARACTER ROBBERS.
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Appeal by defendant from Devin, J., at June Term, 1914, of Eock-INGHAM. This is an action of libel upon tbe following article: DEDICATED TO WOULD-BE CHARACTER ROBBERS. One of tbe blackest crimes in tbe bistory of Eockingham County was attempted during tbe trial of tbe suit wherein Tbe Leaksville-Spray Institute was plaintiff and B. F. Mebane defendant, wben A. L. Brooks, 0. O. McMicbael, and A. D. Ivie, attorneys for tbe defendant, seemingly colluded together deliberately, premediately [meaning thereby premedi-tatedly] and with malicious intent for tbe purpose of going into tbe Temple of…
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, O. J.
This is an action for libel, in the publication of an article by D. E. King and T. J. Betts, owners and publishers of the Weekly Courier, which, charged that the plaintiff, together with A. L. Brooks and 0. O. McMichael, all attorneys at law, for money, entered into a conspiracy to slander the defendant King, and unlawfully and maliciously robbed him of his good name and character. The jury found that the defendant Betts published a full and complete retraction of said article within ten 'days from the service of notice which was given under the statute, and the action was…
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