Binder v. Pottstown Daily News Publishing Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 246, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Montgomery Co., June T., 1904, No. 10, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William J. Binder v. Pottstown Daily News Publishing Company, Incorporated. Libel to recover damages for libel. Before Weand, J. At the trial it appeared that the alleged libelous publication was as follows : “ IF YOU SEE IT IN THE LEDGER, IT’S NOT SO. “ HOW A ONCE RELIABLE NEWSPAPER HAS GRADUALLY LOST ITS REPUTATION.
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Appeal, No. 246, Oct. T., 1905, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Montgomery Co., June T., 1904, No. 10, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William J. Binder v. Pottstown Daily News Publishing Company, Incorporated. Libel to recover damages for libel. Before Weand, J. At the trial it appeared that the alleged libelous publication was as follows : “ IF YOU SEE IT IN THE LEDGER, IT’S NOT SO. “ HOW A ONCE RELIABLE NEWSPAPER HAS GRADUALLY LOST ITS REPUTATION. “ CHEAP METHODS OF SECURING NEWS. “ NEWS ARTICLES HAVE BEEN PRINTED WITHOUT MAKING ANY ATTEMPT TO VERIFY THEIR FACTS — HOW IT CAST…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
A large part of the argument of appellant’s counsel, and many of the assignments of error, are based entirely upon the proposition that the parts of the publication attached to and made part of the plaintiff’s statement of claim which reflect on the plaintiff personally are not properly pleaded as libelous; that the words formally pleaded as libelous were a mere criticism of a “ thing ” — the plaintiff’s newspaper — and constitute the only libel charged in the case. This is the first question to be considered. Its correct determination depends upon the *423proper…
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