Gandia v. Pettingill
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PORTO RICO. The facts are stated in the opinion. It was error in law on the part of the trial judge to refuse to permit counsel for defendant below to state, while the jury was yet at the bar, his exceptions to such portions of the court’s instructions to the jury as seemed to him to be objectionable either in matter of law or in matter of fact.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR PORTO RICO. The facts are stated in the opinion. It was error in law on the part of the trial judge to refuse to permit counsel for defendant below to state, while the jury was yet at the bar, his exceptions to such portions of the court’s instructions to the jury as seemed to him to be objectionable either in matter of law or in matter of fact. Phelps v. Mayer, 15 How. 160; United States v. Breitling, 20 How. 252; Dredge v. Forsyth, 2 Black, 563, 564; Bram v. United States, 168 U. S. 532, 571. The rule has been frequently reiterated and…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr: Justice Holmes
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action for libels and comes here upon a bill of exceptions after a verdict for the plaintiff. The alleged libels consist of a series of articles in a Porto Rican news paper, La Correspondencia. These articles stated that the plaintiff, Pettingill, while United States Attorney for Portó Rico, carried on a private practice also, and even acted as a lawyer on behalf of persons bringing suit against the Government of Porto Rico. It seems that, if the plaintiff had been ah officer of the local government, he would have been forbidden…
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