Wagner v. Scott
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. D. D. Fisher, Judge. (1) Section 14, article 2, Constitution of Missouri, among other things provides: * * * “that in all suits and prosecutions for libel the'truth thereof may be given in evidence, and the jury under the direction of the court shall determine the law and the facts.”
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. D. D. Fisher, Judge. (1) Section 14, article 2, Constitution of Missouri, among other things provides: * * * “that in all suits and prosecutions for libel the'truth thereof may be given in evidence, and the jury under the direction of the court shall determine the law and the facts.” State v. Armstrong, 106 Mo. 395; Military Academy v. Gaiser, 125 Mo. 517. Under the provisions of the Constitution, and the cases cited, the plaintiff in this case had a right to have the jury pass upon the questions as to whether or not the statements made in the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, P. J.
— This is an action for libel in which at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, the court instructed the jury that upon the evidence the plaintiff is not entitled to recover. Thereupon, the plaintiff took a nonsuit with leave, and his motion to set the same aside having been overruled,.he appeals.
Early in the spring of 1897, an ordinance was passed by the city of St. Louis, requiring the electric lighting, heating and power companies in St. Louis to place their wires underground, and said ordinance outlined the mode of procedure which should be followed by these companies in the construction of…
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- Heller v. Pulitzer Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- State v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Finley v. SteeleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
- McGinnis v. George Knapp & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Sullivan v. Strathan-Hutton-Evans Commission Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1899
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