Hammer v. Forde
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Eillmore county to recover $10,000 for libel. Erom an order, Kingsley, J., sustaining defendant’s d©' murrer to the complaint, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
In this action for libel it is alleged that defendant, in his complaint in a suit against the village of Mabel for creating and maintaining a private nuisance, stated and published, of and concerning this plaintiff, these false and defamatory words: “That at the time of signing and making of said lease (meaning lease between said Hadley Larson and said village of Mabel) the lessor (meaning the said Hadley Larson) and the said H. II. Hammer (meaning this plaintiff) entered into and made said lease with personal malice and the avowed intention of injuring the property of the plaintiff *147herein.”…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kemper v. FortSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Anderson v. International Harvester Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Wilson v. Town of GranbySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1879
- Sherwood v. PowellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Willett v. Village of St. AlbansSupreme Court of Vermont · 1897
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3Cited by15 opinions
- McGranahan v. DaharSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1979
- Matthis v. KennedySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- Asbury Park Press, Inc. v. WoolleySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Magraw v. DonovanDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1958
- Young v. YoungCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1927
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