Russo v. Maresca
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for libel, brought to the Superior Court iu New Haven County and tried to the court, Prentice, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court.
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Action for libel, brought to the Superior Court iu New Haven County and tried to the court, Prentice, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff for alleged errors in the rulings and findings of the court. The court found the following facts : 1. The plaintiff is, ■ and on April 18th, 1898, was, a member of the bar of New Haven county, a banker and broker, and the editor and publisher of an Italian newspaper called the Stella d'Italia. 2. The plaintiff’s said newspaper had, prior to April 12th, 1896, contained an article reflecting upon an Italian…
1Opinion of the Court
Toeeaítce, J.
The reasons of appeal based upon the re- ' fusal of the court to correct the finding, may be laid out. of the case. They are all founded upon the action of the trial court in finding or in refusing to find certain facts upon conflicting evidence. Under such circumstances the finding as made must stand. Atwater v. Morning News Co., 67 Conn. 504; Thresher v. Dyer, 69 id. 404; Hygeia Distilled Water Co. v. Hygeia Ice Co., 70 id. 516.
In the court below it seems to have been assumed by all concerned that the article complained of constituted a libel, and for the purposes of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Atwater v. Morning News Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Hamlin v. . SearsNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Dempsey v. ChambersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Grund v. Van VleckIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Smith v. LozoMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
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