Bergmann v. . Jones
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the city and county of New York, entered upon an order made at the December term, 1881, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict. This was an action for libel.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the city and county of New York, entered upon an order made at the December term, 1881, which affirmed a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict. This was an action for libel. The material averments of the complaint are as follows: “ Third. — That on the said 12th day of March, the defendant, being the editor and publisher of said New York Timps, a newspaper having a large circulation in the States of New York and New Jersey, and throughout the United States, as this plaintiff is informed and…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
Upon the trial of this action objections were made, by the defendant’s counsel, to certain questions which were' put inquiring as to the losses sustained by the plaintiff in his business by reason of the publication made by the defendant and set forth in the complaint. The plaintiff was asked, whether, immediately after the publication of the article alleged to be libelous, his business fell off, which question was objected to, the objection overruled, and exception taken by the defendant. The plaintiff answered that it did. He then testified as to the amount of his sales per diem up to the…
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