United States F. G. Co. v. Klamath Co.

1 Citing case

  1. Spriggs v. Cheyenne Newspapers

    63 Wyo. 416 (Wyo. 1947)   Cited 14 times
    In Pape, Time Magazine had erroneously reported that the United States Commission on Civil Rights had accused the plaintiff, a public official, of police brutality.

    Under the constitutional guaranty of Section 20, Article 1, Wyo. Const., it was for the jury to say if the libel was true, and if the publication was made with good intent and for justifiable ends. Bohlen on Torts, 4th Ed. Page 912; Nixon v. Publishing Co., 101 Minn. 309, 12 L.R.A.N.S. 189, and annotations therein; Mannix v. Portland Telegram, 23 P.2d 133, 90 A.L.R. 61; Brown v. Glove Printing Co. (Mo.) 112 S.W. 464; Washington Times v. Bonner, Dist. of Columbia Ct. of Appeals, 86 F.2d 836, 110 A.L.R. 393 and Annotations; Harrington v. Butte Minor Co. (Mont.) 139 P. 451; State v. Verry, 36 Kan. 416, 13 P. 838; Deiner v. Star Telegram (Mo.) 230 Mo. 613, 132 S.W. 1143, 33 L.R.A.N.S. 217; Murray v. Braneate, 290 N.Y. 52, 146 A.L.R. 908. To publish as news is not in the discharge of any duty to the public.