City of Albany v. Meyer

The plaintiff, a municipal corporation, sued for libel in the sum of five thousand dollars for damages to its good name, reputation and credit, and asked for an additional sum of five thousand dollars as punitive damages. A general demurrer to the complaint was sustained without leave to amend, .and from the judgment in favor of defendant which followed the plaintiff has appealed upon a typewritten transcript.

The complaint alleged that the defendant wrongfully and maliciously and with intent to injure the plaintiff published a false, libelous and defamatory article reading as follows:…