Collier v. Postum Cereal Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the Postum Cereal Company, Limited, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 15th day of December, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury for $50,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day, as amended nunc pro tuno by an order entered on the 19th day of December, 1910, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the…
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Appeal by the defendant, the Postum Cereal Company, Limited, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 15th day of December, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury for $50,000, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the same day, as amended nunc pro tuno by an order entered on the 19th day of December, 1910, denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Dissent
Laughlin, J. (dissenting):
The action is for libel. At the time of the publication of the alleged libel and for years prior thereto .the plaintiff and his father, Peter F. Collier, since deceased., owned and published a weekly periodical known as Collier’s Weekly, of which plaintiff was the managing editor. The plaintiff determined the policy of Collier’s and had and exercised general supervision over it, but the editorials published therein were written by others, and Norman Hapgood, who was the chief editorial writer, ■ was known as “Editor” by those connected with the paper, and on one…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Chapman v. BarneySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Marlin Fire Arms Co. v. . ShieldsNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Triggs v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Reporters' Ass'n of America v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Ashcroft v. . HammondNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
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