Church v. New York Tribune Ass'n.

It is alleged that libelous matter concerning the plaintiff, a clerk of the city magistrate’s court of the city of New York, was published by the defendant in the New York Tribune, a newspaper. The headline of the article complained of is as follows: “ Clerks Hold Up Court. Magistrate and Prisoners wait while Clerks take Holiday.” The article, after describing the exasperation of the magistrate, purports to quote the comment of the magistrate, thus: “ I do not consider such a condition of affairs a trifling delinquency by any means. Here we are again to-day without any help at all, and no…