Cunningham v. Underwood
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee. This was an action for libel, brought by John C. Underwood against S. A. Cunningham and the Book Agents of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The publication alleged to be libelous appeared as an editorial in a weekly newspaper periodical published at Nashville, Term., called the “Confederate Veteran.”
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee. This was an action for libel, brought by John C. Underwood against S. A. Cunningham and the Book Agents of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The publication alleged to be libelous appeared as an editorial in a weekly newspaper periodical published at Nashville, Term., called the “Confederate Veteran.” This paper is owned and edited by the plaintiff in error Cunningham, and was published for him by the Book Agents of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, a corporation created under the laws of…
1Opinion of the CourtBurton, Circuit Judge
i. The action was a joint one against two defendants. There was a verdict and judgment against both for $15,000, and a verdict and judgment against Cunningham alone for $10,000. The joint judgment was cut down, upon suggestion of the court and by consent of the plaintiff, to $3,000; and the separate judgment against Cunningham alone has, upon motion of the defendant in error, and by order of this court at a former session of this term, been altogether released, remitted, and set aside. This was objected to by the plaintiff in error Cunningham, upon the ground that the error of the court below…
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