Stokes v. Morning Journal Ass'n
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Morning Journal Association, from a 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 16th day of March, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury for $10,000, and also from an order bearing date the 18th day of March, 1901, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
This is an action to recover damages for the publication of an alleged libelous article printed in the New York Journal and Advertiser, in which, as it is averred, the plaintiff was charged with having beaten his wife at a hotel in Paris, and with having been locked up over night and that the wife was going to get a divorce. No names are mentioned in the article, but the plaintiff claims *570that it refers to him. The defendant denied that'it published the article, and also denied that the article was published of and concerning, the plaintiff. The court charged the jury, as matter of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sanderson v. . CaldwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Van Vechten v. HopkinsNew York Supreme Court · 1809
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- Landau v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1954
- Stokes v. Morning Journal Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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