Taylor v. News & Courier Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabler.

The defendant, the News & Courier Company, is a domestic corporation, with its principal place of business in Charleston, and is the publisher of the News & Courier, a daily newspaper of extensive circulation in South Carolina and in adjoining states. The plaintiff, a citizen of Williams-burg County, brought this action for damages for publication by the defendant in its paper of certain alleged libelous matter of'and concerning him. Personal service of the summons and complaint was made on Mrs. T. S. Hemingway (Laura C. Hemingway),…