Kuster 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 a 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 27th ■day of May, 1902, upon the verdict of a jury for $10,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of June, 1902, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
This action was brought to recover damages for the publication •of alleged libels. The plaintiff had a verdict, and from the judgment entered thereon defendant has appealed.
Two errors were committed on the trial which necessitate a reversal of the judgment, (1) in permitting the jury to infer that the articles published charged the defendant with endeavoring to poison his wife ; and (2) in admitting in evidence, against defend*616ant’s objection, a letter written to the plaintiff from Neola, Iowa, by Hr. Campbell, a brother of the plaintiff’s wife.
It seems unnecessary to consider…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Moore v. . FrancisNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Beecher v. Press Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
3Cited by1 opinion
- Bordoni v. New York Times Company, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1975