Knickerbocker Life Insurance v. Ecclesine
The Superior Court of New York City
Motion to vacate order of arrest. This action was "brought; "by the Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company of New York, against Joseph B. Ecclesiue, for an alleged libel upon the coiporation plaintiffs. The plaintiffs obtained from one of the justices of the court an order for the arrest of the defendant; and alter he had given "bail, he applied to the justice of the court holding the special term to vacate the order or reduce the amount of bail.
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Motion to vacate order of arrest. This action was "brought; "by the Knickerbocker Life Insurance Company of New York, against Joseph B. Ecclesiue, for an alleged libel upon the coiporation plaintiffs. The plaintiffs obtained from one of the justices of the court an order for the arrest of the defendant; and alter he had given "bail, he applied to the justice of the court holding the special term to vacate the order or reduce the amount of bail. The facts relative to the cause of action, and the substance of the motion papers, appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, J.
This action, is brought by the plaintiffs, as a corporation, against the defendant, for the recovery of $180,000 damages, alleged to have been sustained by reason of divers alleged libelous publications *15of and concerning the plaintiffs, contained (1) in a pamphlet entitled Life Insurance Chart, annually published by the defendant, and embodying a brief synopsis of the annual returns of life insurance companies ; and also (2) in *16three advertisements inserted in different public journals published in the city of Hew York, and inserted by the defendant with the view of calling the attention of…
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