Bray v. Callihan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Sullivan Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Bucher, Judge. (1) The words set out in plaintiff’s petition are actionable per se and special damages need not be alleged. Newel] on Defamation, Slander and Libel, pp. 84, 168; Cooley on Torts, p. 196; Pollard v. Lyon, 91 U. S. 225; Townsend on Libel and Slander (4 Ed.), p. 221; St. James Military Academy v. Gaiser, 125 Mo. 525; Morasse v. Brochee, 151 Mass. 567; Price v. Conway, 134 Pa.
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Appeal from Sullivan Circuit Court. — Hon. W. W. Bucher, Judge. (1) The words set out in plaintiff’s petition are actionable per se and special damages need not be alleged. Newel] on Defamation, Slander and Libel, pp. 84, 168; Cooley on Torts, p. 196; Pollard v. Lyon, 91 U. S. 225; Townsend on Libel and Slander (4 Ed.), p. 221; St. James Military Academy v. Gaiser, 125 Mo. 525; Morasse v. Brochee, 151 Mass. 567; Price v. Conway, 134 Pa. St. 340; Odgers on L. and S. (2 Ed.), p. 65. (2) It was held in tbe case of Newell v. Howe, 22 Minn. 235, that in those trades or professions in which…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is an action by plaintiff against the defendant for three thousand dollars damages, alleged to have been sustained by him by reason of slanderous words spoken by defendant of him in his professional character of school teacher.
During the years of 1894 and 1895, plaintiff, whose occupation was that of a school teacher, was employed in teaching school in the district in which defendant resided, and of which he was at the time one of the school directors. Defendant at the time of speaking the words complained of was also a minister of the Gospel, and spoke them from the pulpit in the…
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