...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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...

...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...