Morse v. Press Publishing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Press Publishing Company, from an interlocutory judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 29th day of November 1899, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term, sustaining the plaintiff’s demurrer to the second defense of the amended answer.
1Opinion of the Court
Barrett, J.:
This is an action for an alleged libel, which consists of an article concerning the plaintiff, published in The World. The entire article is set forth in the 3d paragraph of the complaint. In the 4th paragraph the plaintiff alleges that “ The whole of said article, and especially so much of it as is hereinafter specially referred to, was *376wickedly and maliciously contrived and intended by defendant to injure plaintiff in her good name, fame and credit, and to bring her into public scandal, infamy and disgrace with and among her neighbors and all good citizens, and to cause it to be…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Eaton v. . WellsNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Lanpher v. . ClarkNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Fidler v. DelavanNew York Supreme Court · 1838
- Brush v. BlotAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- Funson v. PhiloNew York Supreme Court · 1899
3Cited by7 opinions
- Hollingsworth v. Spectator Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Hearst v. New Yorker Staats ZeitungNew York Supreme Court · 1911
- Westbrook v. New York Sun Ass'nNew York Supreme Court · 1900
- Morrison v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Morse v. Press Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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