Nichols v. Tuttle
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Niagara county. Action by Charles A. Nichols, an infant, by Mark A. Nichols, his guardian ad litem, against Will B. Tuttle, Galen O. Weed, and Arvine M. Knickerbocker for libel. Judgment was entered on a verdict for defendants, and a motion for a new trial was denied, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCorlett, J.
On the 9th day of July, 1887, an article was published in the Syracuse Times,written by one Will E. Tuttle, a resident of the city of Lockport, which was construed to charge the plaintiff with acts of immorality. The article was grossly libelous, and the plaintiff, by his guardian, brought an action against the editors of the newspaper and Tuttle to recover damages. It was first tried in May, 1888, at the Niagara circuit, before Justice Lewis and a jury, and resulted in a verdict of no cause of action. The justice granted a new trial, upon the ground that the verdict was against evidence,…
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