Viewing Libel/Slander Category (21) found:Ignatius Donnelly v. St. Paul Pioneer Press (1891).The St. Paul Sunday Globe called the trial in Ignatius Donnelly's libel suit against the St. Paul Pioneer Press "the most notable libel suit in the legal annals of the state." Indeed it was --and still is.
An Introduction to the "Libel - Slander" Category of the Minnesota Legal History Project.This "Introduction" gives the reader a few suggestions on what to look for in the case studies of libel suits against newspapers in Minnesota from the early 1870s to the early 1900s. ... Dexter Allen v. The Pioneer Press (1889).On January 30, 1889, a divided Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of "An Act to Regulate Actions for Libel" passed by the 25th Legislature. The challenge to that law arose in late September 1887, when the St. Paul Pioneer Press published a racy item about Del Allen, a Minneapolis ... "Cornelius Berghuis vs. Henry Mammen" (1903).In September 1903, Henry Mammen pleaded guilty to assaulting Edward Hanlon before Justice of the Peace Cornelius Berghuis, who fined him $10 and costs. Berghuis was also the editor of a weekly newspaper, the Clara City Herald. The case took on a colorful life of its own when the Maynard Progres... "The Frank Day vs. Humphrey Blaisdell Libel Suit" (1891).Over three days in November 1891 an unusual libel suit between the editors of the two Fairmont newspapers was tried in Martin County District Court. The plaintiff was Frank A. Day, the publisher of the Martin County Sentinel; the defendant was Humphrey M. Blaisdell, the publisher of the rival Fairmo... Amelia Hertogs v. St. Paul Daily Globe (1890).On February 8, 1889, the St. Paul Daily Globe published a lengthy exposé of Amelia Hertogs, a Minneapolis milliner and dressmaker. The newspaper accused her of being a "procuress," who enticed young women to work in local houses of prostitution. Mrs. Hertogs demanded a retraction, and the Globe comp... George Hewitt v. St. Paul Pioneer Press (1875).On June 19, 1875, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reprinted the following item that had been published a few days earlier by the St. Paul Dispatch and Minneapolis Daily Tribune:
The Laura C. Jensen Slander Suit (1897).Sophie and Andrew Hendrickson owned a candy store in West St. Paul. Laura C. Jensen, 14 years old, was accused by Sophie of stealing money from a cash drawer at the store while making a delivery of milk. Annie Jensen, Laura's mother, thereupon brought suit on her behalf against the Hendricksons in R... The John Leppla and Willis Creore Libel Suits (1885).In the fall of 1885 two libel suits against The Minneapolis Daily Tribune were tried to juries in Hennepin County District Court.
"The Criminal Libel Prosecutions of Charles W. Levens & Charles H. Davidson" (1887).Eight days after John A. Lovely, an Albert Lea lawyer, lost the election for congress in 1886, the Mower County Transcript published a story that he was drunk the night of the election. Lovely immediately swore out a criminal libel complaint against Charles H. Davidson, the editor of the paper. Sh... "The Lind Libel Case" (1897).On August 28, 1896, in the midst of a tight campaign for governor between John Lind, the Democratic-Populist candidate, and David M. Clough, the Republican incumbent, the St. Paul Dispatch published an article that began:
Lovely v. Day (1892).In May 1891, John A. Lovely, an accomplished personal injury lawyer in Albert Lea, won a $4,000 verdict for John H. Graham, who was injured in a fall on a defective city sidewalk. This was one several negligence claims Lovely brought against the city at this time.
Norton - Cravens Libel Suit (1903).The libel suit County Commissioner Thomas F. Norton brought against Fay Cravens, the publisher of the Milaca Times, was tried in Mille Lacs County District Court in September 1903. Because Cravens's witnesses faltered in their testimony, Judge Luther L. Baxter directed a verdict on the issue of lia... "Tyndale Palmer vs. St. Paul Dispatch" (1895).On October 1, 1892, the United Press and the American Press Association telegraphed their subscribers a story about how Tyndale Palmer and Joao Francisco de Freitas had stolen $440,000 from a Philadelphia lighting company in a business transaction in Brazil. At least 150 newspapers published the sto... Leila W. Roller v. Minneapolis Journal (1890).Around midnight on June 7, 1890, a squad of policemen raided Madame Leppla's "house of assignation" in South Minneapolis. There they arrested several men and women. During the raid Mme. Leppla was knocked down by a policeman, who she then sued for personal injuries. As that trial ended the defenda... "The Criminal Libel Trial of Rebecca J. Taylor" (1896).In November 1896, James Schoonmaker, a former special municipal court judge in St. Paul, who had ambitions for an appointment to the district court, filed a criminal libel complaint against Rebecca J. Taylor for circulating a libelous issue of "Truth," a weekly newspaper she edited and published. Th... Judge Edwin A. Jaggard: "Historical Anomalies in the Law of Libel and Slander" (1903).In 1903, Edwin A. Jaggard, a Judge on the Ramsey County District Court, addressed a convention of the National Editorial Association in Omaha, Nebraska, on "anomalies" or antiquated rules and fictions in the law of defamation, particularly implied malice. He was relentless in his critique of the law... Martin L. Newell, "The Law of Libel and Slander in Civil and Criminal Cases" (2nd ed. 1898).In 1890 Martin L. Newell (1838-1906) published "The Law of Defamation, Libel, and Slander in Civil and Criminal Cases as Administered in the Courts of the United States of America." The book was popular and a second edition was published eight years later. It was retitled "Libel and Slander in Civi... Samuel Merrill, "Newspaper Libel: A Handbook for the Press" (1888).Samuel Merrill, who was on the staff of the Boston Daily Globe and a member of the bars of Massachusetts and New York, published a reference book for newspapers in 1888. His audience was the newspaper publisher who wanted more information about the law of libel and slander. It was not a treatise ... William Blake Odgers, "A Digest of the Law of Libel and Slander" (1881).William Blake Rogers, "A Digest of the Law of Libel and Slander With the Evidence, Procedure, and Practice, Both in Civil and Criminal Cases, and Precedents of Pleadings" published in 1881 is posted here. It is sometimes called "Odgers on Libel and Slander." It has been cited by the Minnesota Supre... John Townshend, "A Treatise on the Wrongs Called Libel and Slander" (1877).The third edition of John Townshend's "A Treatise on the Wrongs Called Libel and Slander" published in New York in 1877 is posted here. This treatise has been cited by the Minnesota Supreme Court in libel appeals. ... |