Cramer v. Riggs
New York Supreme Court
Libel. The plaintiff declared in slander for the publishing of a libel imputing to him corrupt conduct in his office of a senator of this state; his term of office having expired long before the publication. The defendant put in a general demurrer.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Nelson, C. J.
It was insisted on the argument that the publication was not libellous, because the term of the plaintiff’s office as a senator had expired previous to the publication which imputed to him [210] corrupt conduct in his office of senator, and several cases of verbal slander were cited to support the proposition, viz., Starkie on Slander, 313, 14; Yelv. 158, 9; Styles, 231; Cro. Car. 282, all of which were considered by this court in the opinion delivered by Sutherland, J., in Forward v. Adams (7 Wendell, 204). The learned judge there remarks, “ The ground of action in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Forward v. AdamsNew York Supreme Court · 1831
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