Colby v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action brought in the court below for a libellous publication in the newspapers. After verdict of guilty against the defendant, he made a motion in arrest of judgment, on the ground of insufficiency of the declaration. This motion was overruled by the court. To which decision the defendant made bis exception, upon which tbe cause come here for revision. The publication declared on was as follows; “ Notice.
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This was an action brought in the court below for a libellous publication in the newspapers. After verdict of guilty against the defendant, he made a motion in arrest of judgment, on the ground of insufficiency of the declaration. This motion was overruled by the court. To which decision the defendant made bis exception, upon which tbe cause come here for revision. The publication declared on was as follows; “ Notice. Whereas a report has been some time in circulation, that the undersigned [meaning himself, the said Elisha Reynolds] has abused his family in a scandalous manner, by placing a…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Williams, Ch. J.
— This is an action for a libel. It is stated that the defendant published in one of the papers printed in this town, a communication which the plaintiff contends is *493libellous. The jury have returned a verdict for the plaintiff: they must have found that the publication was made by the defendant — that the innuendoes were true — that it was made with- an intent to injure the plaintiff, or in other words, that it was malicious, and that it was false. This also may have involved the truth or falsity of the report in relation to the…
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