Press Pub. Co. v. Gillette
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by Cassius E. Gillette against the Press Publishing Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. This cause comes here upon writ of error to review a judgment of the District Court, ..Southern District of New York, against plaintiff in error, who was defendant below.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Action by Cassius E. Gillette against the Press Publishing Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. This cause comes here upon writ of error to review a judgment of the District Court, ..Southern District of New York, against plaintiff in error, who was defendant below. The action was for libel agffinst the corporation which publishes the New York World; the jury was instructed that there was no proof of actual malice, and that they could award only compensatory damages, if any.…
1Opinion of the CourtLacombe, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). At the.end of the case defendant’s counsel moved for a direction of a verdict upon the ground that the defense of.privilege had been made out as a matter of law, and reserved exception to- the court’s refusal to do so’. There- were other errors assigned to portions of the charge and to admission or exclusion of testimony. The main proposition contended for by defendant is that the facts set forth in the editorial were proved, and that the comment was fair and reasonable, and therefore privileged.
The facts set forth in the editorial, as enumerated in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gandia v. PettingillSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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