Curley v. Curtis Pub. Co.

WYZANSKI, District Judge.

Plaintiff complains that by reason of the publication of an alleged libel he “has been caused great mental and physical pain and anguish” as well as other damage. The defendant offered to show that plaintiff had exchanged substantially similar charges with other persons on recent occasions prior to the publication now complained of and that as a consequence plaintiff had become relatively impervious. Plaintiff objected on the ground that individual reproaches which he gave to or received from other persons were not provable in mitigation of damages. I have overruled…