Sotham v. Drovers Telegram Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. E. E. Porterfield, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s motion to strike out the innuendoes in plaintiff’s amended petition. McGinnis v. Knapp & Co., 109 Mo. 139; 18 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law (2 Ed.), p. 974. There is no inducement or colloquium preceding the charge of publication of the article in question, which sets forth facts sufficient to warrant the innuendoes set out in plaintiff’s petition. 13 Ency. P'l. & P'r.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. E. E. Porterfield, Judge. (1) The court erred in overruling defendant’s motion to strike out the innuendoes in plaintiff’s amended petition. McGinnis v. Knapp & Co., 109 Mo. 139; 18 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law (2 Ed.), p. 974. There is no inducement or colloquium preceding the charge of publication of the article in question, which sets forth facts sufficient to warrant the innuendoes set out in plaintiff’s petition. 13 Ency. P'l. & P'r. (2 Ed.), 32; Curry v. Collins, 37 Mo. 329; Dyer v. Morris, 4 Mo. 218; Wood v. Hilbish, 28 Mo. App. 389; Unterberger v.…
1Opinion of the Court
KENNISH, J.-
— This action for libel was brought in the circuit court of Jackson county by respondent, Thomas E. B. Sotham, against the Drovers Telegram Company, a corporation, the owner and publisher of the “Daily Drovers Telegram,” a Kansas City newspaper in which the alleged libelous article appeared. Upon a trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff, awarding compensatory damages in the sum of ten thousand dollars, and the defendant appealed to this court. The pleadings are of too great length to be set out in this opinion and we shall state only the substance thereof.
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