Grant v. New York Herald Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the New York Herald Company, 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 21st' day of December, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury for $15,000, and also from an order entered in said' clerk’s office on the 3d day of January, 1910, denying the defendant’s motion for ■ a nonsuit and his motion to withdraw a juror, and also his motion for a new trial made upon the…
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Appeal by the defendant, the New York Herald Company, 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 21st' day of December, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury for $15,000, and also from an order entered in said' clerk’s office on the 3d day of January, 1910, denying the defendant’s motion for ■ a nonsuit and his motion to withdraw a juror, and also his motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, J.:
The alleged libel was published in the New York Herald September 21,1907, and is as follows: “ His Affinity Rides, Wife Finds Bail. Peter Geddes Grant, Accompanied By Girl Companion, Leads Wild Automobile Chase. Arrested, Telephones Home. ' Theatre District In Turmoil as- Big Touring Car Tears Through the Streets, Defying-Capture. Peter Geddes-Grant, a broker of No. 462 West Twenty-second street, had'an 6 affinity’ in the big touring car with, which he led the police of three precincts a two-hour chase through the theatre district last night, but when he was caught he had to send…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cassidy v. . Brooklyn Daily EagleNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Stuart v. New York Herald Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
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