Bird v. Press Publishing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Press Publishing 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 11th day of July, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury for $3,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 5th day of July, 1912, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
The defendant, on the 15th of September, 1910, published in its newspaper the following article: “Oassira Pennachio, the wife of Attilio Pennachio, a well-to-do banker, at No. 529 Mor- ' ris Avenue, whose examination on a charge of attempting to kill her/husband with a pistol on September 7th, has been postponed from time to time, was not in the Morrisania court when the case was called by Magistrate House today. Her lawyer told the Court that he had heard that the woman had been given money and sent back to Italy. The husband said that his lawyer, Hobart Bird, of No. 320 Grand…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Palmer v. New York News Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Bradley v. CramerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
- Van Ingen v. Star Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Stokes v. Morning Journal Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
3Cited by1 opinion
- Varvaro v. American Agriculturist, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1927