Legal Opinion
Charwat v. Vopelak
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided February 15, 1897PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from affirmance by the General Term of tbe City Court of New York, of a judgment entered upon a verdict in favor of tbe plaintiff. Action for slander.
1Opinion of the CourtBisohoee, J.
The appellant’s argument for a reversal of the judgment is based upon but one exception, and by this the propriety, of the denial of the motion for a dismissal of the complaint, made when the plaintiff rested, is brought into question.
The complaint alleged a cause of action for slander and set forth the words claimed to have been used by the defendant in the presence of one Popisil and others, as follows:
“ That Adolph Charwat (meaning the plaintiff) failed in business to the extent of seven or eight thousand dollars (meaning that plaintiff had debts amounting to said sum), and! that said…
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