Legal Opinion
Morhous v. Plattsburgh Publishing Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 24, 1954PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.
On the 6th day of February, 1954, the defendant, publishers of the Plattsburgh Press-Bepublican, published an article concerning Charles M. Morhous, the Clinton County Treasurer, who is the plaintiff in this action.
As a result of the publication, the plaintiff has brought two causes of action which are termed in the law as actions in libel.
The defendant, in its answer, has denied each and every allegation in the complaint, except that it printed the article in its newspaper as set forth in the complaint, which the defendant does not deny. The defendant, further answering the complaint, as a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Triggs v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Briarcliff Lodge Hotel, Inc. v. Citizen-Sentinel Publishers, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Dexter v. TaberNew York Supreme Court · 1815
- Ex parte BailyNew York Supreme Court · 1824
- Hall v. Binghamton Press Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Morhous v. Plattsburgh Publishing Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954