Morton v. Knipe
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William Knipe, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 8th day of April, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,250, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 9th day of April, 1907, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenks, J. :
The action is for slander. The plaintiff has recovered a judgment for $1,250 for imputation of unchastity involved in the state- ' ment that her family were disorderly — were keeping á disorderly house in an apartment of a-tenement.. The version of the plaintiff is that the slander was spoken to her landlord by the defendant,' ■ then a captain of police over the precinct wherein these premises *96were situate. ■ The proof consists of testimony by the plaintiff, cor- • roborated in part by another witness, of admissions to her by the defendant that he had said the slanderous words,…
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- Byam v. . CollinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Klinck v. . ColbyNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Lewis and Herrick v. . ChapmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- People v. . GlennonNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Sickles v. KlingAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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