Klaw v. New York Press Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The ¡New York Press Company, Limited, from an interlocutory 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 22d day of ¡November, 1909, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the ¡New York Special Term, overruling the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The action is for libel and the demurrer is upon the ground that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
The defendant is the publisher of the New York Press, a daily newspaper, and the alleged libel was published therein. The question presented by the appeal is whether the article was libelous <per se.
The plaintiff alleges by way of inducement, among other things, that with one Erlanger, under the firm name of Klaw & Erlanger, he was engaged in the business and. profession of producing and booking plays and dramatic and musical compositions…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Morrison v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Bergmann v. . JonesNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- More v. . BennettNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Stokes v. StokesNew York Supreme Court · 1894
3Cited by1 opinion
- McKee v. RobertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921