Fowler v. New York Herald Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The New York Herald Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 2d day of March, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury for $15,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of February, 1917, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
This action is brought to recover damages for an alleged libel printed of the plaintiff upon the 18th and 19th days of October, 1908. At that time the plaintiff was United *609States Consul General, at Chefoo, China, and was in America on leave by reason of certain physical infirmities from which he was suffering.
Upon October 15, 1908, Li Sum Ling, a Chinaman, was in Boston and was about to make a speech before the Chamber of Commerce. He was quite extensively advertised as a Chinese editor who was interested in the furtherance of trade relations between the United States and China. He…
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