Rossiter v. New York Press Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal,by the defendant, The New York Press Company-(Limited), from an interlocutory 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 11th day of Aulgust, 1910, upon the decision of the court i'eudered after a trial at the New York Special Term overruling the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint for insufficiency, in an action for libel. ' ■ i The alleged libelous article is as follows: “ Conkers…
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Appeal,by the defendant, The New York Press Company-(Limited), from an interlocutory 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 11th day of Aulgust, 1910, upon the decision of the court i'eudered after a trial at the New York Special Term overruling the defendant’s demurrer to the complaint for insufficiency, in an action for libel. ' ■ i The alleged libelous article is as follows: “ Conkers Hard Hit About Water Graft. “Henchmen are dropped from snap Catskill Jobs. “ Many more are to go. “Almost $1,0003000 a…
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.:
The plaintiff complains that the defendant falsely charged him (1) with having obtained $4,800 from the treasury of the city of New York; (2) with having rendered insufficient services for money paid to him for expert testimony which he had given in various condemnation . proceedings; (3) with having been in a conspiracy with others to cheat and defraud the taxpayers of the city of New York; (4) with having been discharged from his employment as an expert on land values from the service of the city of New York by reason of his incompetency in his said profession, and also for…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Morrison v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- More v. . BennettNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Church v. Tribune Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
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- Nichols v. Item Publishers, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Kloor v. New York Herald Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
- Hills v. Press Co.New York Supreme Court · 1924
- Sullivan v. Daily Mirror, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931
- Hehmeyer v. Harper's Weekly Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1915
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