Legal Opinion
Stephens v. Pattou
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 8, 1924PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Finch, J.:
This is an action for slander.
The complaint alleges that plaintiff is a musician by profession and has a wide reputation as a teacher of singers and musicians as well as a composer; that the defendant is owner and manager of a church choir agency which keeps lists of soloists and musicians and supplies churches, and that defendant as such owner and manager exercises great influence over church singers and musicians; that plaintiff was the organist of First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York city, and was unlawfully discharged October 13, 1920, and had pending an action against…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sanderson v. . CaldwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Villemin v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
- Klaw v. New York Press Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1910
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- Callahan v. Josef Israels II, & Doubleday, Doran & Co.New York Supreme Court · 1931