Crane v. Bennett
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, James Gordon Bennett, 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 22d day of January, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury for $40,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of January, 1901, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
In an action brought to recover damages for alleged libels published concerning the plaintiff, in the defendant’s newspaper, the jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $40,000. The defendant appeals from the judgment entered upon that verdict and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.
The plaintiff was a magistrate of the city of New York in the-borough of Manhattan. The matter of which he complains was-published in four issues of the defendant’s newpaper, namely, those-of August 21, 22, 23 and 24,1899. There are four causes of action set forth in the…
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