Loeb v. Star & Herald Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Star & Herald Company, Inc., from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 6th day of November, 1918, denying its motion to set aside the service of the summons and complaint herein.
1Dissent
Merrell, J. (dissenting):
The defendant, appellant, is a foreign corporation, publishing, in the city of Panama, a newspaper in the Spanish language, known as La Estrella de Panama. The plaintiff is a resident of and domiciled in the city of New York. The action is to recover damages for an alleged libelous article appearing in said newspaper, published in May, 1918, while the plaintiff was in the said city of Panama. In said article, plaintiff alleges that the defendant published false and malicious statements charging the plaintiff with having purchased stolen goods in the canal zone,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Hiller v. . B. and M.R.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Perrine v. Ransom Gas Machine Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901