Rein v. Star Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Harry Rein, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 17th day of January, 1921, denying plaintiff’s motion for* judgment on the pleadings and sustaining defendant’s demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Dowling, J.:
The complaint herein sets forth in the 6th paragraph thereof the publication by defendant in its newspaper on July 21, 1919, of an article headed “ New Way To Get Rid Of Stolen Securities,” and refers to the same transaction set forth in the accompanying appeal in the case of Rein v. Sun Printing A, Pub. Assn. (196 App. Div. 873). This article after setting forth the transaction between Bennett and Cowl, by which Bennett agreed to invest $500 in Cowl’s business if he would dispose of some shares of Gulf Corporation for him, proceeds: “This Mr. Cowl did, he says, offering the stock…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rein v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921
3Cited by2 opinions
- McBride v. Crowell-Collier Pub. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- Rein v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1921