Schindler v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N. A.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Charles H. Cohen, J.

In this action for slander, the jury, after a trial during which the court dismissed the complaint as to defendant Chase Manhattan Bank, N. A., rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant Lou G. Siegel in the amount of $3,000. This defendant now seeks to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the complaint is defective. Included as a basis for dismissal is an allegation' that the complaint is “defective jurisdictionally in that it makes no demand for relief”. Defendant argues that since this court has a jurisdictional limit of…