Hynds v. Fourteenth Street Store
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Therese Hynds, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Hew York on the 4th day of December, 1912, upon a dismissal of the complaint at the close of the case by direction of the court on a trial before the court and a jury at the Hew York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
This action was brought for libel. The complaint avers that the defendant is a domestic corporation engaged in general retail business in the city of Hew York; that for twenty years last past plaintiff has been engaged in the business of manufacturing ladies’ corsets and has, in that business, obtained’ a very high reputation and has invested in said business large sums of money and has obtained throughout the world a name for herself at the head of such business; that on November 19, 1909, the defendant maliciously and recklessly composed and caused to be published in the Evening…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Moore v. . FrancisNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Morrison v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Klaw v. New York Press Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
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