Legal Opinion
Rose v. Daily Mirror, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 1940PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLoughran, J.
The question is whether the complaint in this action states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action for libel.
The pleading alleges that the plaintiff Anna Rose was the wife of Jack Rose and that the other plaintiffs are their children; that Jack Rose died on May 25, 1939; and that the defendant then published in its newspaper an article of and concerning the deceased Jack Rose wherein he was erroneously identified with one “ Baldy Jack Rose,” ' a person described in the article as a self-confessed murderer who had “ lived in constant fear that emissaries of the ■underworld * * *…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Garrison v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Merrill v. Post Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Sorensen v. BalabanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896
- Wellman v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nNew York Supreme Court · 1892
- Bradt v. New Nonpareil Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1899
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Romaine v. KallingerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- Renfro Drug Co. v. LawsonTexas Supreme Court · 1942
- Meeropol v. NizerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1974
- Lee v. WestonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
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