Trapp v. Du Bois
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from trial term, Kings county. Action by Joseph A. Trapp against Frederick N. Du Bois. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGoodrich, P. J.
The action is for libel published in a letter dated March 19, 1900, written by the defendant to the secretary of the Plumbers’ Material Protective Association. The plaintiff recovered a verdict for $200, and from the judgment entered thereon the defendant appeals.
Plaintiff was a plumber and gas fitter, having a place of business in Brooklyn. He had been dealing for several years .with the defendant, who was a dealer in plumbers’ materials, and contracted through Coleman, one of defendant’s employés, to purchase from the defendant, for $100, a porcelain bath tub, which was to be delivered at…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mott v. . Consumers' Ice CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Wright v. J. & S. WilcoxNew York Supreme Court · 1838
- Hibbard v. . N.Y. and Erie R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1857
- Griswold v. . HavenNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Reynolds v. Plumbers' Material Protective Ass'nNew York Supreme Court · 1900
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- Nava v. Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910