 A libel is a malicious defamation, expressed either by writing, printing, or by signs or pictures, or the like, tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or to impeach the honesty, integrity, virtue, or reputation, or publish the natural or alleged...  The Texas Civil Appeals Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts ... - Page 166by Texas. Court of Civil Appeals - 1903Full view - About this book
 | John Innes Clark Hare - Civil procedure - 1871 - 952 pages
...to blacken the memory of the dead, with an intent to provoke the living, or to injure the reputation of one who is alive, and thereby expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule ;" and in The Stale v. Avery, 7 Id. 207, 208, which was an indictment, the same judge said, in language... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 630 pages
...respondent. A libel is a malicious defamation expressed in writing * * * tending to injure the reputation of one who is alive and thereby expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. 13 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 294; 3 Sutherland on Damages, 638. Whether the words written are actionable... | |
 | Shorthand - 1896 - 678 pages
...blacken the memory of one who is dead, or to impeach the integrity, honesty, virtue and reputation of one who is alive, and thereby expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule or pecuniary injury. Every publication by writing or printing which falsely charges or imputes to another... | |
 | George Brubaker Kulp, Joseph D. Coons, Wesley E. Woodruff - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 576 pages
...any malicious or defamatory libel tending either to blacken the memory of the dead or the reputation of one who is alive, and thereby expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor." Further light is thrown on the nature of the offense... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 1346 pages
...pictures, or drawings, tending to blacken the memory of the dead, or tending to injure the reputation of one who is alive, and thereby expose him to public...the honesty. Integrity or virtue or reputation of any one, or to publish the natural defects of any one and thereby expose snch person to public hatred,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 1372 pages
...results stated in the statute, viz., "to blacken the memory of the dead," or "to injure the reputation of one who is alive, and thereby expose him to public...financial injury, or to impeach the honesty, integrity, or vlrtne or reputation of any one, and thereby expose such person to public hatred, ridicule or financial... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1332 pages
...honesty, integrity or virtue or reputation of any one, or to publish the natural defects of any one, and thereby expose such person to public hatred, ridicule or financial injury." If the defamatory publication was such that it necessarily must, or as a natural and probable result... | |
 | Frederick Sackett, Martin L. Newell - Instructions to juries - 1888 - 836 pages
...to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or to impeach the integrity, honesty, virtue or reputation of one who is alive, and thereby expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, or pecuniary injury. That every publication by writing or printing, which falsely charges upon, or imputes... | |
 | John Houston Merrill, Thomas Johnson Michie, Charles Frederic Williams, David Shephard Garland - Law - 1890 - 1240 pages
...to blacken the memory of the dead, with an intent to provoke the living, or to injure the reputation of one who is alive, and thereby expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule.1 It may be 1. Hillhouse v. Dunning, 6 Conn. 407; Com. v. Clap, 4 Mass. 163; Ryckman v. Delavan,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 640 pages
...to blacken the memory of the dead, with an intent to provoke the living, or to injure the reputation of one who is alive, and thereby expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. It may be said generally that language in writing is libellous which denies to a man the possession... | |
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