Roberts v. English Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Libel and Slander. Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court. Heard- before Hon. Samuel B. Browne. Action by William R. Roberts against tbe English Mfg. Co., for libel. From a judgment for defendant plaintiff appeals. The letter should have been admitted, and its contents shown.— 2 Greenleaf on Evid.
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Libel and Slander. Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court. Heard- before Hon. Samuel B. Browne. Action by William R. Roberts against tbe English Mfg. Co., for libel. From a judgment for defendant plaintiff appeals. The letter should have been admitted, and its contents shown.— 2 Greenleaf on Evid. (16th Ed.) 416;WMle v. Tolliver, 110 Ala. 308. A partnership is liable in damages for libel by one member of the partnership when such member is acting in the nsnal course of the partnership business. 18 A. .& E. Ency of Law, 1059; 22 lb. 166-172 ; 28 Th. 256. The libel was sufficiently published. 18 A. &…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
While it is not customary for the attorneys to sign the bill of exceptions, the essential, according to the statute, being that it shall he signed by the judge (Civ. Code 1896, § 615), yet the fact that the attorneys signed it when presented, and that the judge wrote under their names his approval and signed the same, does not vitiate it as the bill of exceptions in the case.
This action was brought by the appellant against the appellee for the publication of a libel charging him with obtaining goods under false pretenses. Said libel was in a letter which, it is claimed, was written by the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rumney v. WorthleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Weir v. HossSupreme Court of Alabama · 1844
- Spaits v. PoundstoneIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
- Sylvis v. MillerTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
- Wilcox v. MoonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1892
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