Jones v. Pulitzer Publishing Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Son. Daniel G. Taylor, Judge. (1) The two articles set out in the first and second counts are not privileged.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Son. Daniel G. Taylor, Judge. (1) The two articles set out in the first and second counts are not privileged. The scandalous deposition of the negro was taken April 9 and filed May 2, 1906. The depositions commented on by articles in the first and second counts were taken April 20-21 by defendant and filed April 25. The cause had not been called for trial or the depositions presented in the court for any purpose; cause was not called for trial until June 14, 1906. Defendant’s counsel, aware of the law in such case, had alleged in their amended…
1Opinion of the CourtKennisit, P. J.
This action for libel was brought by appellant, Orville D. Jones, against respondent, Pulitzer Publishing Company, in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis. Plaintiff is an attorney at law, residing at Edina, Missouri. The defendant is a corporation, and owns and publishes the newspaper known as The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, published at the city of St. Louis, the paper in which the alleged libelous publication appeared. The petition contains six counts. . Upon a trial the jury returned a verdict for the defendant, and from the judgment entered thereon the plaintiff appealed to this court.
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