Easton v. Buck
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, John F. Buck and others, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of May, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at tlfe New York Special Term overruling the defendants’ demurrer to the complaint, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of May, 1897, overruling the said demurrer, and…
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Appeal by the defendants, John F. Buck and others, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 26th day of May, 1897, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at tlfe New York Special Term overruling the defendants’ demurrer to the complaint, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of May, 1897, overruling the said demurrer, and directing the entry of the interlocutory judgment.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The action is for libel, based upon a publication in a newspaper published in the city of New York known as The Spirit of the Times. The libel consisted of the publication in parallel columns of two letters, one dated. December 12, 1896, signed by two individuals, viz., H. P. Headley and C. J. Enright. This letter referred to cer*464tain statements which had been published reflecting upon the plaintiff and the company of which he was an officer, and stated that such statements “ are as outrageous as they are false,” followed by-the statement, “ We were paid a large part of the…
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- Labouisse v. Evening Post Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
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