Legal Opinion
Weiner v. Leviton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 24, 1930PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtScudder, J.
TMs action was brought to recover damages for uttering the words: “ You dirty crook, you are the biggest crook on Bedford Avenue.”
No special damage is alleged, nor is there any innuendo from which a reading of the complaint would indicate any broadening of the meamng of the words alleged to be slanderous per se.
The motion to dismiss the complaint was made under rule 106 of the Rules of Civil Practice, upon the ground that the complaint does not set forth facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action
Appellant contends that the words alleged to have been spoken are not slanderous per se,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Villemin v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1920
- Pandolfo v. Bank of BensonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1921
- Hofstadter v. BienstockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1925
3Cited by7 opinions
- Klein v. McGauleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1968
- Harris v. New York, Westchester & Boston Railway Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
- Munafo v. HelfandDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1956
- Mishkin v. RoreckNew York Supreme Court · 1952
- Bruno v. SchukartNew York Supreme Court · 1958
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