E. HULTON & CO. V. JONES
1910 A.C. 20
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a lawsuit in defamation.
FACTS: E. Hulton & Co. (D) printed an article written by its Paris correspondent that
accused a man called Artemus Jones of being an adulterer. The article named the man and
indicated that he was a church warden at Peckham. Jones (P) was a lawyer named Thomas
Artemus Jones of North Wales. P was not a church warden and not did he reside in Peckham. P
was however employed by D and had submitted articles to the paper on numerous occasions. At
trial, P produced witnesses who had said they read the article and found it to refer to P.
The trial judge charged the jury with not what the writer had intended but how the statement
would be understood. P got a verdict for 1,750 pounds. D appealed. The House of Lords
affirmed.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
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