Tierney v. Ruppert
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Jacob Euppert; from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 10th day, of July, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 11th day of July, 1911, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages for an alleged libel arising from the publication by the defendant of a notice of sale of certain chattels covered by a chattel mortgage given by the plaintiff and his wife to the defendant to secure the payment of the sum of $212.
It appears the plaintiff was the owner of a saloon, and the defendant the proprietor of a brewery; that the defendant had assisted the plaintiff and furnished him a certain icebox and bar apparatus at the agreed price of $212, and that the plain*864tiff, to secure the payment of this sum, gave the defendant his…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Klinck v. . ColbyNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Ashcroft v. . HammondNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
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- Garr v. . SeldenNew York Court of Appeals · 1850
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