Comer v. Advertiser Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Libel cmd Slander. Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. Chas. A. Senn. Action by B. B. Comer against the Advertiser Company and others. From a judgment granting insufficient relief, plaintiff appeals.
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Libel cmd Slander. Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. Chas. A. Senn. Action by B. B. Comer against the Advertiser Company and others. From a judgment granting insufficient relief, plaintiff appeals. The complaint was as follows: “Count 1. Plaintiff claims of defendant $25,000 damages for falsely and maliciously publishing of and concerning him in a newspaper published in Montgomery, Alabama, called the Montgomery Advertiser, the following matter with intent to defame the plaintiff, viz.: ‘Methods of Comer as a “Business” Man. Damaging Affidavit Made by E, A. Dickert, of…
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
This action is by the appellant for damages claimed to have been suffered from the publication of a certain article in the Montgomery Advertiser, a newspaper.
The first and second counts of the complaint, including said article and including the agreed statement, at the end of the record, in regard to amendment of complaint, will be set out in the statement of this case by the reporter.
In the court below the general affirmative charge was given in favor of the plaintiff, against the Advertiser Company, and the jury brought in a verdict for one cent.
The first assignment of error insisted on is…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Park v. Detroit Free Press Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1888
- Callahan v. IngramSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Hanson v. KrehbielSupreme Court of Kansas · 1904
- Ferdon v. DickensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- McGee v. BaumgartnerMichigan Supreme Court · 1899
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Pickett v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Starks v. ComerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Farrar v. Tribune Publishing Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1961
- Murphy v. Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006
- Farrar v. Tribune Publishing Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1961
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