Legal Opinion
Ross v. Esquire, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 10, 1938No. 134PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered on a jury’s verdict of $500 in his favor. He charges errors in the exclusion of evidence, and in the court’s instructions *76to the jury which prevented him from receiving full damages for the injury due to a libel published by the defendant.
The action is based on the publication by the defendant in its issue of “Esquire” for August, 1936, of an article written by one Scully entitled “Now It Can Be Sold.” The alleged libel reads:
“An advance royalty check for $2,500 arrived by cable from New York. It came to Vittel and I had it…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Corrigan v. . Bobbs-Merrill Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Marx v. Press Publishing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
3Cited by4 opinions
- The Washington Post Company v. Eugene J. KeoghCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Diplomat Electric, Inc. v. Westinghouse Electric Supply Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Diplomat Electric, Inc. v. Westinghouse Electric Supply CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- The Washington Post Company v. Eugene J. KeoghCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966