Pendleton v. Hawkins
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Noel Hawkins, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Cattaraugus on the 12th day of September, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000 rendered after a trial at the Cattaraugus Circuit, and also from an order bearing date the 2d day of September, 1895, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
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Appeal by the defendant, Noel Hawkins, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Cattaraugus on the 12th day of September, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury for $1,000 rendered after a trial at the Cattaraugus Circuit, and also from an order bearing date the 2d day of September, 1895, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes. The action was brought for the recovery of damages for an alleged libel. Prior to 1893 the plaintiff was a clergyman of the Baptist…
1Opinion of the Court
Hardin, P. J.:
During the trial the defendant offered to show that Mr. Brown requested the defendant to take his horse and go with him and see certain members of the church with reference to that letter. That offer was objected to by the plaintiff, and the court sustained the objection, and the defendant took an exception. It appears by the evidence that the defendant took his horse and carriage and carried Mr. Brown into the country to see some members of the church. That he went to Mr. Eaton, who was a trustee; and from there they went to see Mr. Press, who was a deacon of the church and a…
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