Kharas v. Barron G. Collier, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Theodore Rharas, from, a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 17th day of November, 1915, upon a dismissal of the complaint upon the pleadings at the- opening of the trial before the court and a jury at the New York Trial Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
This is an action to recover damages for slander. The words spoken of plaintiff were undoubtedly actionable per se. The learned justice at Trial Term dismissed the complaint on the ground that an action for slander could not be maintained against a corporation, upon the authority of Eichner v. Bowery Bank (24 App. Div. 63), a decision of this department. That action was brought to recover damages for the non-payment of a check and for slander in stating when the payment was refused that the check was no good. The court said (Williams, J., writing): “ So far as the action may be…
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