Shapiro v. Glens Falls Insurance

Memorandum. The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

Alexander Shapiro, president and stockholder of a plumbing supply business, became, for investment purposes, a limited *206partner in a real estate syndicate. Suit was brought against him by the two general partners alleging a cause of action in slander. The complaint in that action set forth allegations that Shapiro maliciously spoke of the plaintiffs to one or more of the limited partners in false and defamatory words, asserting that the plaintiffs were "phoneying and doctoring the books and records of the Irving…