Carrol v. Watterson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Gabriel W. Watterson, from an order of the County Court of Bronx county, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 20th day of September, 1918, overruling Ms demurrer to the complaint on the ground of msufficiency and granting plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The action is for an alleged libel contained in a letter which defendant wrote plaintiff’s employer. It is alleged that plaintiff was a steamfitter by trade and that the letter was .written of and concerning him, maliciously and with intent to injure him m his good name and reputation and to secure Ms discharge from Ms employment, and was false. The letter is set forth in haec verba, without any innuendo. Complamt is made m the letter of the part, characterized as “ disgraceful,” taken by the addressee of the letter and of a representative of his in trying to defeat the efforts…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Morrison v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Jockin v. BrasslerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Wuest v. Brooklyn CitizenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905