McGinnis v. George Knapp & Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit, Court. (1) The head lines and text of the article published were defamatory, and being published of a public officer with reference to his, office were libelous per se, and the petition stated a cause of action. Leggv. Dunleavy, 80 Mo. 558; Johnson v. Dispatch Co., 65 Mo. 539; Price v. Whitely, 50 Mo. 439; Kemble v. Sass, 12 Mo. 499; Hermann v. Bradstreet, 19 Mo. App. 227; Randall v. News Ass’n, 44 N. W. Rep.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit, Court. (1) The head lines and text of the article published were defamatory, and being published of a public officer with reference to his, office were libelous per se, and the petition stated a cause of action. Leggv. Dunleavy, 80 Mo. 558; Johnson v. Dispatch Co., 65 Mo. 539; Price v. Whitely, 50 Mo. 439; Kemble v. Sass, 12 Mo. 499; Hermann v. Bradstreet, 19 Mo. App. 227; Randall v. News Ass’n, 44 N. W. Rep. (Mich.) 783; Belknap v. Ball, 47 N. W. Rep. (Mich.) 674; Bowrreseau v. Kvening Journal, 63 Mich. 425; Catulla v. Kerr, 11 S. W. Rep. (Tex.) 1058;…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, P. J.
Action for libel. The petition in the cause, omitting caption, is as follows: Plaintiff alleges and states that he is a resident and citizen of the city of St. Louis, by occupation an attorney at law, and that he is also a member of the state senate of the state of Missouri, and was such member of said state senate on the twelfth and thirteenth of April, A. D. 1889; that defendant is a corporation, and is engaged in the publication, at said city of St. Louis, of the daily newspaper called The St. Lows Republic, *136and that defendant was snch corporation and published said newspaper on the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Sanderson v. . CaldwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Commonwealth v. ClapMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- Negley v. FarrowCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1883
- Twombly v. MonroeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Bettner v. HoltCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
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- Cook v. Globe Printing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1910
- Callahan v. IngramSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Minter v. Bradstreet Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Mitchell v. Bradstreet Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Heller v. Pulitzer Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1899
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