Potter v. New York Evening Journal Publishing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by. the defendants, The New York Evening Journal Publishing Company and others, from a judgment of the Supreme. Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the .'office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 12th day of March, 1901, upon the verdict of a jury for $6,500, and also from an order, bearing daté the 8th day of March, 1901, and entered in said clerk’s office, denying the said defendants’ motion for a new' trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
In this action, which- was brought to recover damages for an alleged libel,, the plaintiff had a verdict, and from the judgment entered thereon and from an order denying a motion for a new trial this appeal is taken. There were originally five defendants, namely, the Morning Journal Association, the New York Evening Journal Publishing Company, the Star Company, William R. Hearst and Charles M. Palmer. Each of these defendants denied the publication of the alleged libelous matter, thereby imposing upon the plaintiff the necessity of proving the fact of such publication. He was…
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