Wilkens v. Hammann
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal from au interlocutory judgment of the City Court of the city of ¡New York, sustaining a demurrer to the complaint in an action for slander, on the ground of insufficiency.
1Opinion of the CourtGtiegebich, J.
The complaint demurred to is very short, in its material part, being as follows: “ That the defendant in the presence and hearing of one Margaret Lyons, maliciously spoke concerning the said plaintiff the false and defamatory words following: ‘ Mrs. Wilkens, don’t get excited, I simply tell you that your name is down at the Tenement House Department for keeping a house of prostitution the same as the people on the floor below, and I can take you there and show it to you,’ meaning thereby to charge the plaintiff with keeping a house of prostitution, and that it was on record in the Tenement…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gibson v. WilliamsNew York Supreme Court · 1830
- Skinner v. PowersNew York Supreme Court · 1828
- Brown v. MooreNew York Supreme Court · 1895
- Wright v. PaigeNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
- Oakes v. De LanceyNew York Supreme Court · 1893