Legal Opinion
Gracy v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'n
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 18, 1916Published
Appeal by the defendant, Sun Printing and Publishing Association, from an interlocutory 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 21st day of October, 1915, overruling a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The complaint states that the defendant maliciously composed and published concerning the plaintiff in the Evening Sun the following article:
“Innocent Girl Held in Jail—Montclair Society Women Lead Eight for Release.
“ Several prominent society women of Montclair, stirred by continued confinement of 12-year-old Rachel Anderson in the Newark jail, after the charge on which she was arrested had been disproved, instituted action today to bring about her release, and to further an investigation into certain rumors as to the strange manner in which the girl was forced into a confession.
“Rac…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Triggs v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Morrison v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Snyder v. New York Press Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910