Guenther v. Ridgway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1 Appeal by the defendant, The Ridgway Company, 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 31st of May, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of May, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, with notice of an intention to bring up for review an order entered in said clerk’s office…
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1 Appeal by the defendant, The Ridgway Company, 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 31st of May, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury for $5,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 23d day of May, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes, with notice of an intention to bring up for review an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 21st day of March, 1918, denying defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
A judgment in favor of the plaintiff upon the first trial of this action was reversed because of certain errors in the admission of testimony and in the charge to the jury. (170 App. Div. 725.) These errors are not present in this record. After the decision of the former appeal the plaintiff, by leave of court, served a second amended complaint. The first amended complaint alleged the same libel and that the plaintiff was by occupation an editor and that the alleged libel was maliciously published by-the defendant of and concerning the plaintiff with the defamatory intent and purpose…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sanderson v. . CaldwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Andrews v. . GardinerNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Beardsley v. MaynardNew York Supreme Court · 1830
- Fowler v. New York Herald Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1918
- Collier v. Postum Cereal Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Quentin Reynolds v. Westbrook Pegler, the Hearst Corporation and Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Shenkman v. O'MalleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1956
- Faulk v. Aware, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1957