Fleming v. Brauer

McLaughlin, J.:

This action was brought to recover damages for slander. The complaint alleged that shortly prior to the 17th of March,. 1902, the defendant. in the presence of McDougal Haw lies, commissioner of docks of the city of New York, and. of other persons, slandered the plaintiff, who is a dockmuster of the city, by saying in substance that between January 1 and March 6, 1902, thé plaintiff, as dockmaster, improperly interfered with the Brauer Steamship Company, a corporation of which the defendant is the’ president, in its lawful use of pier 33, Bast river; that the plaintiff,…