Young v. Geiske
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 216, Jan. T., 1904, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., Jan. T., 1901, No. 67, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Harry C. Young v. A. W. Geiske and C. R. Strickler. Trespass to recover damages for trade libel.
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Appeal, No. 216, Jan. T., 1904, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., Jan. T., 1901, No. 67, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Harry C. Young v. A. W. Geiske and C. R. Strickler. Trespass to recover damages for trade libel. Before Landis, P. J. Plaintiff’s statement was as follows : This action is brought by Harry C. Young, of Columbia, Pa., plaintiff, against A. W. Geiske and C. R. Strickler, defendants, to recover the sum of §10,000 damages suffered by the plaintiff at the hands of defendants, and by their trespass, injury and damage to the rights and property of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Fell,
This action was to recover damages sustained by the plaintiff by reason of a publication which depreciated the value of shares of stock which he had advertised to be sold at public sale. The main ground on which a reversal of the judgment is sought is that the pleadings did not aver falsity and malice. The words constituting the offense were set out fully and exactly in the *519statement of claim, and special damages were alleged and the ground and extent thereof were stated with particularity. It was averred that “ the defendants for the purpose of depreciating the…
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