Legal Opinion
O'Connell v. Press Publishing Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 15, 1912PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Action for libel; demurrer to complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtStapleton, J.
The action is for damages for libel.
The proceeding is the trial of an issue at law..
The issue arises upon a demurrer to the complaint.
The complaint is designed to state two causes of action. The demurrer is interposed to both.
The ground of the demurrer is that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
The defendant is the publisher of The World and The Evening World, daily newspapers published in the city of Hew York, and the alleged ‘libels were published in those newspapers.
The articles, reproduced in the several causes of action, and alleged to be…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Sanderson v. . CaldwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Morrison v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Morey v. Morning Journal Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Root v. King & VerplanckNew York Supreme Court · 1827
- More v. . BennettNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
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3Cited by1 opinion
- O'Connell v. Press Pub. Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913