Legal Opinion
Sleight v. Woods
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 13, 1932PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCunningham, J.
It is alleged in the complaint that the defendant at a large public gathering stated that he had purchased some stock from the Arcadia Trust Company and had given a note in payment therefor; that the stock was sold to him by George Sleight (the plaintiff herein); that the note “ cannot be collected because the sale was illegal * * *; that he knew when he sold me that note or stock, he knew that that Bank was in a defunct condition.” There is not any allegation of special damage.
The defendant claims that the words set forth in the complaint are not slanderous per se, and that an action…
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