Raynolds v. Vinier
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Anna Yinier, from a judgment of the ' Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Jefferson on the 17th day of October, 1906", upon the verdict of a jury for $750, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 18th day of October, 1906, denying the. defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
The action is for slander charging the plaintiff with unchastity, and the defendant did not deny on the trial the utterance of the slanderous words alleged and proved. Testimony was received in justification of the charge and was met by contrary proof, and the jury were evidently satisfied that the assault upon the plaintiff’s character was without foundation.
The only questions up for review relate to certain alleged erroneous rulings upon the trial. The plaintiff was sworn on the rebuttal to disprove the testimony imputing unchastity to her. She has testified on cross-examination…
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