Bishop v. . New York Times Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered November 18, 1920, modifying and affirming as modified a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered November 18, 1920, modifying and affirming as modified a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The disposition made of the case by the Appellate Division was beyond any power possessed by that court and in violation of defendant’s constitutional right of trial by jury; and in any event the Court of Appeals now having jurisdiction by reason of the modification of the judgment will determine whether the trial was free from prejudicial error. (Middleton v. Whitridge,…
1Opinion of the Court
His cock, Ch. J.
The plaintiff became involved in bitter matrimonial controversies with her husband. This led to their separation and later culminated in an action brought by her wherein she charged him with adulterous misconduct with various women and sought an absolute • divorce which was subsequently granted. Counter allegations of misconduct upon the part of each were brought into court by preliminary motions in the divorce action. In one of these the husband filed affidavits charging his wife with excessive and persistent use of intoxicating liquors, with the result that an order had been…
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- Morey v. Morning Journal Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
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