MacDonald v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'n
New York Supreme Court
Action for libel. Motion to direct a verdict for the defendant reserved until after verdict, and to set aside the verdict for the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaynor, J.:
The alleged defamatory article gives the following facts: The plaintiff was employed in the Bureau of Education of the national government at Washington for several years under the title of “ Specialist in Education as a Preventative of Pauperism and Chime ”. He published a personal advertisement in newspapers that a gentleman of high social and university position desir,ed correspondence with young educated women of high social and financial position, and that they must give detailed accounts of their lives. He gave no name, but a lock-box in the Post Office at Washington, D. C.,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ullrich v. New York Press Co.New York Supreme Court · 1898
- Sickels v. KlingNew York Supreme Court · 1900
3Cited by3 opinions
- Cook v. Pulitzer Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1912
- Howarth v. BarlowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
- Black v. State Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1913