Thorner v. Samuels

O’Malley, James, J.

This is an action for slander. The defendant has moved to dismiss the complaint upon the around that it fails to state a cause of action. It is urged that the alleged spoken words are not slanderous per se, and that, as special damages are not alleged, the complaint is defective.

The complaint alleges in substance that the plaintiff for a number of years last past has been a resident of New York city; that on and prior to March 3, 1923, he had a large circle of friends and acquaintances here and elsewhere in various specific cities and in other parts of the world, and that…