Giraud v. Stagg
New York Court of Common Pleas
This was a motion made by the defendant, Stagg,"under the circumstances and for the object stated in the opinion, to alter the entry of the judgment rendered by this court, upon an appeal presented by the defendant, Beach, alone, in an action for libel.
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This was a motion made by the defendant, Stagg,"under the circumstances and for the object stated in the opinion, to alter the entry of the judgment rendered by this court, upon an appeal presented by the defendant, Beach, alone, in an action for libel. The decision upon that appeal is reported in 3 E. D. Smith, 337. The reversal of a judgment as to one, is a reversal as to all of the joint judgment debtors, and this, independently of the grounds of reversal, if the judgment of reversal is general, and the judgment against defendants general. (Harmon v. Brotherson, 1 Denio, 537; Bronson,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Woodruff, J.
The judgment rendered in this case, in the court below, was given in an action against *28two defendants for libel. Upon an appeal to this court by one defendant only, it was decided that the plaintiffs could not maintain the action upon their own statement of their case. The direction given to the clerk in making this decision was, that the judgment appealed from be reversed, as to the appellant, with costs.
Motion is now made to correct the entry, so as to order judgment of reversal generally, without limiting the reversal to the appellant only, upon the ground that an…
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