WEST COAST LIFE INSURANCE CO. vs. GEO. N. HURD
WEST COAST LIFE INSURANCE CO. vs. GEO. N. HURD G.R. No. 8527. March 30, 1914 Facts: 1. The assistant prosecuting attorneys of the city of Manila filed an information in a criminal action in the Court of First Instance of that city against the plaintiff. 2. the said plaintiffs West Coast Life Insurance Company, John Northcott, and Manuel C. Grey, conspiring and confederating together, did then and there willfully, unlawfully, and maliciously, and to the damage the Insular Life Insurance Company compose and print a large number of circulars, did publish and distributed, among other persons, to policy holders andprospective policy holders of the said Insular Life Insurance Company, a maliciousdefamation and libel in the Spanish language, to wit: For some time past various rumors are current to the effect that the Insular Life Insurance Company is not in a good a condition as it should be at the present time, and tha...