[507]. 3 Q. B. Div. 237, S. C.
[508]. The charge of the learned baron is abridged; the arguments of counsel and the concurring opinions of Bramwell and Cotton, L.JJ., are omitted.
[509]. Barry v. McCollom, 81 Conn. 293; Bays v. Hunt, 60 Ia. 251, 255–6; Hemmens v. Nelson, 138 N. Y. 517; Haft v. First Bank, 19 App. Div. 423 Accord.
[510]. The case is materially abridged.
[511]. Ranson v. West, 125 Ky. 457 (semble); Toothaker v. Conant, 91 Me. 438; Briggs v. Garrett, 111 Pa. St. 404; Conroy v. Pittsburgh Times, 139 Pa. St. 334; Mulderig v. Wilkes Barre Times, 215 Pa. St. 470; Egan v. Dotson, 36 S. D. 459 Accord.
See also, Douglass v. Daisley, 114 Fed. 628.
Compare Glisson v. Biggio, 139 La. 23; Estelle v. Daily News Pub. Co., 99 Neb. 397; Wiese v. Riley, 146 Wis. 640.
Petition or memorial for removal of public officer privileged. Blake v. Pilfold, 1 M. & Rob. 198; Woodward v. Lander, 6 Car. & P. 548; James v. Boston, 2 Car. & K. 4; Spackman v. Gibney, Odgers, Lib. & Sl. (5th ed.) 278; Beatson v. Skene, 5 H. & N. 838; Harrison v. Bush, 5 E. & B. 344; Hart v. Von Gumpach, L. R. 4 P. C. 439; Stanton v. Andrews, 5 Up. Can. Q. B. O. S. 211; Corbett v. Jackson, 1 Up. Can. Q. B. 128; Rogers v. Spalding, 1 Up. Can. Q. B. 258; McIntire v. McBean, 13 Up. Can. Q. B. 534; Bell v. Parke, 10 Ir. C. L. R. 279 (semble); White v. Nichols, 3 How. 266; Vogel v. Gruaz, 110 U. S. 311; Pearce v. Brower, 72 Ga. 243; Young v. Richardson, 4 Ill. App. 364; Rainbow v. Benson, 71 Ia. 301; Rabb v. Trevelyan, 122 La. 174; Bodwell v. Osgood, 3 Pick. 379; Wieman v. Mabee, 45 Mich. 484; Greenwood v. Cobbey, 26 Neb. 449; State v. Burnham, 9 N. H. 34; Thorn v. Blanchard, 5 Johns. 508; Vanderzee v. McGregor, 12 Wend. 545; Howard v. Thompson, 21 Wend. 319; Halstead v. Nelson, 24 Hun, 395; Decker v. Gaylord, 35 Hun, 584; Woods v. Wiman, 122 N. Y. 445, 47 Hun, 362; Cook v. Hill, 3 Sandf. 341; Van Wyck v. Aspinwall, 17 N. Y. 190; Harwood v. Keech, 6 Th. & C. 665; Logan v. Hodges, 146 N. C. 38; Gray v. Pentland, 2 S. & R. 23; Kent v. Bongartz, 15 R. I. 72; Reid v. Delorme, 2 Brev. 76; Harris v. Huntington, 2 Tyler, 129 Accord.
But not absolutely privileged, where the proceeding is not judicial. Dickson v. Wilton, 1 F. & F. 419; Proctor v. Webster, 16 Q. B. D. 112; Woods v. Wiman, 122 N. Y. 445; Morah v. Steele, 157 App. Div. 109; Fulton v. Ingalls, 165 App. Div. 323.
Compare McKee v. Hughes, 133 Tenn. 455 (petition to revoke merchant’s license).