Legal Opinion
Tower v. Crosby
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 2, 1925PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, J.:
To determine whether or not a publication is libelous per se it seems that the surrounding circumstances must be taken into account, though not the innuendoes advanced by the pleadings. (36 C. J. 1151; 17 R. C. L. 265.)
Thus an averment as inducement and colloquium must be considered for they relate to the substance and not to the application of the charge. (Riley v. Gordon, 192 App. Div. 443; Van Heusen v. Argenteau, 194 N. Y. 309; Feely v. Vitagraph Co., 184 App. Div. 527; Rules Civ. Prac. rule 96.)
While the use the court makes of the term in Brown v. Tregoe (236 N. Y. 497, 502)…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cohen v. New York Times Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1912
- Adolf Philipp Co. v. New Yorker Staats-ZeitungAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
- Van Heusen v. . ArgenteauNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Brown v. . TregoeNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Taishoff v. ElkemaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Sweeney & Co. v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933