Telegram Printing Co. v. Knott
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Telegram Printing Co. v. Knott Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1917-06-22 Report (1917) 55 SCR 631 Judges Fitzpatrick, Charles; Davies, Louis Henry; Idington, John; Duff, Lyman Poore; Anglin, Francis Alexander On appeal from Manitoba Subjects Torts Decision Content Supreme Court of Canada Telegram Printing Co. v. Knott, (1917) 55 S.C.R. 631 Date: 1917-06-22 Telegram Printing Co. v. Knott. 1917: May 18; 1917: June 22. Present: Sir Charles Fitzpatrick C.J. and Davies, Idington, Duff and Anglin JJ. ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR MANITOBA. Libel—Trial—Misdirection—Admissibility of Evidence—Damages. APPEAL from a decision of the Court of Appeal for Manitoba[1], affirming the judgment at the trial in favour of the plaintiff. The plaintiff brought action against the Printing Co. claiming damages for a libellous publication charging him with an attempt to extort money for the issue of municipal licences. On the trial the jury found the publication libellous and a verdict for the plaintiff with $1,500 damages was sustained by the Court of Appeal. The defendant company appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada urging misdirection, wrongful admission of evidence and excessive damages as grounds for reversing the judgment below. The majority of the court dismissed the appeal with costs. Davies J. held that the damages were excessive and that there should be a new assessment and Duff J. dissented on the ground that the appellants were entitled to a trial by jury and the case…
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Telegram Printing Co. v. Knott Collection Supreme Court Judgments Date 1917-06-22 Report (1917) 55 SCR 631 Judges Fitzpatrick, Charles; Davies, Louis Henry; Idington, John; Duff, Lyman Poore; Anglin, Francis Alexander On appeal from Manitoba Subjects Torts Decision Content Supreme Court of Canada Telegram Printing Co. v. Knott, (1917) 55 S.C.R. 631 Date: 1917-06-22 Telegram Printing Co. v. Knott. 1917: May 18; 1917: June 22. Present: Sir Charles Fitzpatrick C.J. and Davies, Idington, Duff and Anglin JJ. ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL FOR MANITOBA. Libel—Trial—Misdirection—Admissibility of Evidence—Damages. APPEAL from a decision of the Court of Appeal for Manitoba[1], affirming the judgment at the trial in favour of the plaintiff. The plaintiff brought action against the Printing Co. claiming damages for a libellous publication charging him with an attempt to extort money for the issue of municipal licences. On the trial the jury found the publication libellous and a verdict for the plaintiff with $1,500 damages was sustained by the Court of Appeal. The defendant company appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada urging misdirection, wrongful admission of evidence and excessive damages as grounds for reversing the judgment below. The majority of the court dismissed the appeal with costs. Davies J. held that the damages were excessive and that there should be a new assessment and Duff J. dissented on the ground that the appellants were entitled to a trial by jury and the case had never been properly tried. Appeal dismissed with costs. R. A. Pringle K.C. and Manning for the appellants. Nesbitt K.C. for the respondent. [1] 27 Man. R. 336.
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