Jackson v. Pittsburgh Times
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 214, Oct. T., 1892, by plaintiff, Joseph Jackson, from judgment of G. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1890, No. 622, on verdict for defendant. Trespass for libel. At the trial, before Collier, J., it appeared that the alleged libelous publications declared upon were as follows: A DISGRACED OFFICER. Lieu. Jackson in a Drunken Fury has a Desperate Struggle with a Deputy Who refuses to pass Him.
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Appeal, No. 214, Oct. T., 1892, by plaintiff, Joseph Jackson, from judgment of G. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., March T., 1890, No. 622, on verdict for defendant. Trespass for libel. At the trial, before Collier, J., it appeared that the alleged libelous publications declared upon were as follows: A DISGRACED OFFICER. Lieu. Jackson in a Drunken Fury has a Desperate Struggle with a Deputy Who refuses to pass Him. Branch Office of The Pittsburg Times, Johnstown, June 5. Down the Cambria road, past which the dead of the river Conemaugh swept into Ninevah in awful numbers, there was another scene…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Green,
The learned court below committed the whole case to the jury both in the general charge and in the answers to points, and the jury found a verdict in favor of the defendant.
The court distinctly said, several times, that the matter contained in the publications in controversy was libelous, and the plaintiff would be entitled to a verdict, unless the jury found that the publications contained a substantially fair and true account of what had happened, or that the defendant had reasonable and probable cause to believe the statements true, *416after proper inquiries made.…
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