Union Associated Press v. Heath
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, the Union Associated Press, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office, of the clerk of the county of New York on the 27th day of March, 1899, upon the' dismissal of the complaint by direction of the court after a trial before the court and a jury at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The action was brought to recover damages for a libel which the defendant had published, the complaint alleging that the plaintiff, *248whose business was to collect news and furnish it to daily and other newspapers, had obtained such news from another corporation, (known as the Associated Press, engaged in the same business) by tapping the wires used by the Associated Press. The complaint, further alleges that, by reason of the publication of the said article-by the defendant, the reputation of the plaintiff was greatly damaged,, and the confidence which thé public generally had…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Woods v. . PangburnNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Palmer v. New York News Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
- Union Associated Press v. Press Publishing Co.New York Supreme Court · 1898
3Cited by20 opinions
- Reporters' Ass'n of America v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Den Norske Ameriekalinje Actiesselskabet v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Adolf Philipp Co. v. New Yorker Staats-ZeitungAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Collier v. Postum Cereal Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Sourbier v. BrownIndiana Supreme Court · 1919
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