Chapman v. Long Island Daily Press Publishing Co.

The action for libel is based on three articles published in a newspaper owned by *618two or more of the defendants, which involve charges made by one of the defendants before the Queens county grand jury and before a judicial officer concerning legal advertising, particularly in foreclosure actions, in three newspapers owned by the plaintiff. The charges in effect were that the plaintiff was charging excessive prices for such advertising and that he obtained the printing by methods not entirely ethical and legitimate; and that when called before the grand jury as a witness he refused to testify…