Van Ingen v. Mail & Express Publishing Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the late Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York, entered November 8, 1895, affirming a judgment for plaintiff entered upon a verdict, and an order denying a motion for a new trial. This action was brought to recover damages for the publication of an alleged libelous article in “The Mail and Eatress” on the evening of the 7th day of November, 1892. The article reads as follows: “ British Gold to Help Cleveland.
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Appeal from a judgment of the General Term of the late Court of Common Pleas for the city and county of New York, entered November 8, 1895, affirming a judgment for plaintiff entered upon a verdict, and an order denying a motion for a new trial. This action was brought to recover damages for the publication of an alleged libelous article in “The Mail and Eatress” on the evening of the 7th day of November, 1892. The article reads as follows: “ British Gold to Help Cleveland. “ Democrats and their English Allies Attempt to Purchase Yotes. Americans Will Resent the Insult. “ Not the First Time…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The decision of this case turns upon the question of the admissibility of evidence of the previous publication of articles by the Plew York morning papers, which mentioned the plaintiff as the guilty party, and who, in the publication by the defendant which related to the same subject, was described as “ the London head of a Plew York firm of cloth jobbers.” Was this evidence admissible to show that the plaintiff was the person referred to in the defendant’s article, and that it would be so understood by persons reading it? The defendant’s publication was in the evening of the day on which…
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