Clary-Squire v. Press Publishing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Mary Louise Clary-Squire, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 7th day of June, 1900, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 1st day of June, 1900, denying the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
This action is for libel. ' The defendant, publisher of a newspaper in the city of New York, published an account of the marriage of one Louise Cleary with Eugene Cowles. As part of' this publication there was published a picture of a woman who was said to be “ Mrs. Louise Cleary Cowles.” It is alleged that this is a picture of the plaintiff and that the libel consists of publishing her picture as that of the woman who was married to Cowles. It is not disputed but that a Miss Louise Cleary married Cowles upon the day named; but the defendant denies that the picture published was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Van Vechten v. HopkinsNew York Supreme Court · 1809
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