Smith v. Matthews
New York Supreme Court
Motion for a new trial by defendants on the ground of newly-discovered evidence.
1Opinion of the CourtSpring, J.
The defendants are the proprietors of ’ The Buffalo Express. On June 14, 1890, they caused to be published, in ’the regular morning editions of that paper and the following day in The Hlustrated Express an article charging the plaintiff, a’ married Woman residing in the city of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, with having eloped with one Edward 0. Rutherford. ■ An action of libel followed these publications and resulted in a trial and a verdict for the plaintiff of $4,000.
The General Term of the Superior Court reversed the judgment of plaintiff entered on this verdict, and instead of…
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