... the law considers such publication as malicious, unless it is fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned. Albany Law Journal - Page 2311888Full view - About this book
| Samuel Owen - 1847 - 490 lehte
...malicious, Common Reas. — Coxhead v. Richarde. unless it is fairly made by a person in the diecharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of bis own affairs in matters where hia interest is concerned. It was not contended, in this caae, that... | |
| 1849 - 734 lehte
...on public characters) of privileged communications : 1 . Where the party has made the communication in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned; 2. Where there is any public duty, legal or moral, requiring such communication to be made ; 3. Where... | |
| 1851 - 844 lehte
...well-known limits as to verbal slander,) and the law considers such publication as malicious, unless it is fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public...duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his affairs in matters where his interest ! is concerned. In such cases the occasion prevents the inference... | |
| 1857 - 646 lehte
...you were justified in using them in that sense. But it is clearly established that a communication fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public...the conduct of his own affairs in matters where his own interests are concerned, prevents the inference of malice which the law draws under other circumsta'nces... | |
| Charles Manley Smith - 1852 - 638 lehte
...II. Communications made in the discharge of private duty ; and III. Communications made by a person in the conduct of his own affairs in matters where his interest is concerned. I. Communications made in the discharge of a public duty, in coarse of To this class may be referred... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1901 - 864 lehte
...Pa. St. 404, 414 (2 Atl. 513, 56 Am. Rep. 274); Clark v. Molyneux, 3 QB Div. 237. Baron Parke said : "The occasion prevents the inference of malice which the law draws from unauthorized communications, and affords a qualified defense, depending upon the absence of actual... | |
| John Frederick Archbold - 1853 - 1006 lehte
...it was not libellous. Delaney v. Jones, 4 Esp. 191 ; Lay v. Lawson, 4 A. & E. Ï95. A communication fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public...affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned, is a privileged communication. Toogood v. Spyring, 4 Tyrw, 58^. And if the communication be made in... | |
| Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1853 - 702 lehte
...honestly made by him believing it to be true, and that there was a reasonable occasion or exigency in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest was concerned, which fairly warranted the publication, such proof would rebut the presumption of malice,... | |
| Great Britain. Courts - 1854 - 814 lehte
...known limits as to verbal slander,) and the law considers such publication as malicious, unless it is fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public...in the conduct of his own affairs in matters where he own interest is concerned. In such cases, the occasion prevents the inferen« of malice, which the... | |
| 1856 - 748 lehte
...Twogood v. Spyring(c). Parke, B. (page 192), lays down the rule as to privileged communications : — " In such "cases the occasion prevents the inference of malice, which the law " draws from unauthorised communications, and affords a qualified " defence, depending upon the existence of actual... | |
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