Keemle & Field v. Sass
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL FROM ST. LOUIS. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The words charged to have been published in either count of the declaration are not actionable per se. In every count- they are as folows : (without inuendo.) “R. F. Sass, steam boat agent, this impertinent person withheld from us on Saturday, New Orleans papers of a late date, entrusted to him for this office by the clerk of the Lucy Bertram.
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APPEAL FROM ST. LOUIS. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The words charged to have been published in either count of the declaration are not actionable per se. In every count- they are as folows : (without inuendo.) “R. F. Sass, steam boat agent, this impertinent person withheld from us on Saturday, New Orleans papers of a late date, entrusted to him for this office by the clerk of the Lucy Bertram. We desire our steam boat friends hereafter, to retain favors intended for the Reveille in their own hands until called for, as we put no trust in Mr. Sass whatever as far as we are concerned. “Officers of…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Ryland
delivered the opinion óf the court.
The appellee, Richard F. Sags, brought his action against the appellants, Keemle & Field, in the St. Louis court of common pleas, for a lib.el published by them against the plaintiff. The plaintiff below had a verdict and judgment for one hundred dollars,,and the defendants below bring the case here by appeal.
There being n,o statement by the counsel of the facts and points, relied upon, either for reversal or affirmance of this judgment, I must state the facts from the record, and give my opinion of them as they appear therefrom, and of the law…
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