245 Mass. 262 | Mass. | 1923
It was said in Boston Diatite Co. v. Florence Manuf. Co. 114 Mass. 69, 70, “ The jurisdiction of a Court of Chancery does not extend to cases of libel or slander, or of false representations as to the character or quality of the plaintiff’s property, or as to his title thereto, which involve no breach of trust or of contract.” And this general rule has been followed in Whitehead v. Kitson, 119 Mass. 484, Raymond v. Russell, 143 Mass. 295, Covell v. Chadwick, 153 Mass. 263, 267, Finnish Temperance Society Sovittaja v. Raivaaja Publishing Co. 219 Mass. 28. But the bill in the present case contains no allegations that any of the articles published are libellous in character, for which special damages are claimed. It rests upon the ground stated in para
Order overruling the demurrer is to stand.