Legal Opinion

Soper v. . Associated Press

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 12, 1907PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal, by permission, from a judgment entered November 20, 1906, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, which affirmed an interlocutory judgment of Special Term overruling a demurrer to the complaint in an action for libel. The following question was certified : “ Does the complaint state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action ? ”

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment affirmed, with costs; question certified answered in the affirmative; no opinion., Concur: Edward T. Bartlett, Yaw, Werner and Chase, JJ. Dissenting; Cullen, Ch. J., Cray and Haight, JJ.

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Adolf Philipp Co. v. New Yorker Staats-ZeitungAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
  2. Van Heusen v. ArgenteauAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908
  3. Quinn v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1908