Cowley v. Pulsifer

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1884-06-27

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Holmes, J. This is an action against the owners and publishers of the Boston Herald for a libel printed in that newspaper. The alleged libel was a report of the contents of a petition for the removal of the plaintiff, an attorney at law, *393 from the bar. The report was fair and correct, but the petition included allegations which would be actionable unless justified. In…

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