Legal Opinion
Sharpe v. Larson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 24, 1897No. Nos. 10,696-(115)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Norman county, Ives, J., overruling a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
Action for libel. For several years last past the plaintiff has been a duly-admitted and practicing attorney in the courts of this state. While holding the office of county attorney of Norman county the defendant published in a newspaper of and concerning him a libelous article, for which this plaintiff brought an action for damages. Upon a trial of that action in the district court the plaintiff recovered a verdict for $500.
During plaintiff’s said term of office the defendant was. arrested by a warrant issued by a justice of the peace, tried, and found guilty of an assault and battery. He…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sharpe v. LarsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
3Cited by5 opinions
- Anderson v. KammeierSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- High v. Supreme Lodge of the WorldSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1943
- Sharpe v. LarsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Anderson v. KammeierSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Wolfson v. Syracuse Newspapers, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1939