Paul v. Ford
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Mary Elizabeth Paul, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Hew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of ISTew York on the 24th day of December, 1906, directing the plaintiff to amend her complaint by stating separately a cause of action for assault and a cause of action for slander.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The complaint alleges in one paragraph that on the 10th of August, 1906, the defendants, their agents, servants and employees violently assaulted this plaintiff and violently caught and struck her about her arms and body, and did beat,, bruise, wound and ill-treat the plaintiff; and then and there in the presence of divers persons did falsely and maliciously speak and declare of and concerning the plaintiff certain false, scandalous and defamatory words. •
It is further alleged that the statements so made by the defendants were false and untrue, and were made by the defendants…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Anderson v. HillNew York Supreme Court · 1869
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