McMahon v. New York News Publishing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Few York Fews 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 Few York on the 21st day of October, 1899, upon the verdict of a jury for $16,500, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 12th day of October, 1899, 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 a libel.. The plaintiff had a verdict for $16,500, which the defendant moved to set aside, and for anew trial, and the motion was granted unless the plaintiff, within twenty days thereafter, stipulated in writing to reduce the .verdict to $7,500. Within the time named the. plaintiff- stipulated to reduce the verdict to $7,500, and from the judgment thereafter entered for that amount, with costs, and an order denying a motion for a new trial, the defendant has appealed. It insists that the judgment, should' be reversed because the…
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- Taylor v. . ChurchNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
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