Knickerbocker Life Insurance v. Ecclesine
The Superior Court of New York City
Appeal from two orders ; one vacating an order of arrest, the other directing a complaint to be made more definite and certain. The action is to recover damages for words printed and published by defendant. The defendant was the editor and compiler of a certain pamphlet entitled “Life Insurance Chart, 1866-67, fourth edition.
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Appeal from two orders ; one vacating an order of arrest, the other directing a complaint to be made more definite and certain. The action is to recover damages for words printed and published by defendant. The defendant was the editor and compiler of a certain pamphlet entitled “Life Insurance Chart, 1866-67, fourth edition. Synopsis of annual returns of life insurance companies organized or doing business in the State of New York for the year ending, December 31, 1867. ” The complaint contains five counts. The first count alleges the publication in said pamphlet of the following matter: ‘‘…
1Opinion of the CourtFreedman, J.
This action is brought by the plaintiff, against the defendant, for the recovery of one hundred and thirty thousand dollars damages, alleged to have been sustained by reason of divers alleged libelous publications of and concerning the plaintiff, contained in a pamphlet entitled Life Insurance Chart, annually published by the defendant, and embodying a brief synopsis of the annual returns of life insurance companies, and also in three advertisements inserted -in different public journals published in the city of Hew York, and inserted by the defendant, with the view of calling the attention…
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