Quina v. Robert's

Plaintiff, Armand G. Quina, brought this suit against a commercial co-partnership, known as Robert's, and the individual members thereof, A. Robert and Harry Rittenberg, to recover damages sustained by him as the result of the co-partnership's publication of certain alleged libelous matter in an attempt to coerce payment of a debt due it by him. The defense to the action is that the matter complained of is not libelous in any sense; that it was published in conformity with usual business methods for collection of delinquent debts and that plaintiff has not suffered any damage.

In the lower…