entered a complaint in the superior court. Plaintiff, though the sole heir at law of his sister, took nothing under her will, and that the sister had died suddenly, where there was no implication his sister, that the plaintiff was responsible for the sudden death of was not libellous.Ī count in the declaration above described set out as a libellousĪrticle published by the defendant a description which included the following: "To obtain an undivided half interest in her mother's estate. Matters pending in court which have not been made the subject of judicial action are not privileged, does not render actionable published statements, not in their nature defamatory, in regard to such legal proceedings.Ī statement in a newspaper, colloquially expressed, that the The established principle of the law of libel, that reports of ![]() In the declaration above described, of legal proceedings alleged to have, been begun, or attempted, by the plaintiff, including extracts from a declaration in one of them charging that he suffered in reputation, mind and body and financially from an alleged libel, and statements that one case would be vigorously contested and that others were disposed of adversely to him, though couched in language colloquial rather than technical and perhaps inelegant could not be regarded as defamatory in the absence of allegations specifying any defamatory sense in which they were used. Statements, in the alleged libellous articles set out in theĭeclaration above described, that the plaintiff had been a candidate for numerous offices and that he had initiated, or attempted to initiate, many legal proceedings, with specific references to some of them, without more, were not in ordinary circumstances libellous.Ī description, included in the alleged libellous articles set out ![]() To have been published in a newspaper published by the defendant, the plaintiff did not allege that the words complained of were used in a defamatory sense, specifying such defamatory sense, nor set out facts which showed that in consequence of the circumstances attending their publication the words were intended to convey or would or could be understood to convey a derogatory meaning not on their face, the primary question for determination upon demurrer to the declaration was whether the words themselves, taken in their natural sense and without a forced or strained construction, were defamatory. Where, in the declaration in an action of tort for a libel alleged 451 JanuOctoMiddlesex County Present: RUGG, C.J., CROSBY, WAIT, & FIELD, JJ.Īn appeal from an order of the Superior Court sustaining aĭemurrer to the declaration in an action at law properly brings to this court the,question of the propriety of such an order. The Item is located at 26 Albion Street in the town center.PECK vs. On January 27, 2009, the Item changed its format from broadsheet to tabloid. The newspaper competes for readers in Wakefield with a local edition of the Daily Times Chronicle, based in nearby Woburn and Reading and with the Wakefield Observer, a weekly newspaper published at the Beverly office of Community Newspaper Company. The paper has had seven editors: Harris Dolbeare (1900–his death in 1938), Gardner Campbell (1938–1953), Robert C. The Item's presidents have all been Dolbeare's heirs-his widow Emma Dolbeare, sons Cyrus and Richard Dolbeare, and now grandson Glenn Dolbeare. The Item is famous for the "Looking Backward" column, detailing events that took place in Wakefield and around the country 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago from the date of the newspaper. Dolbeare, who established the Wakefield Item Company April 1, 1900. Browne in March 1900 he sold out to Harris M. Young printed the first Item on May 7, 1894, running the paper until selling to printer Alstead W. The Wakefield Daily Item is an independent weekday daily newspaper published in Wakefield, Massachusetts, with issues published Mondays through Fridays.įred W. 26 Albion Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880 United States
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