Legal Opinion
Hyman v. Press Publishing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 13, 1922PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal by the plaintiff, Charles J. Hyman, 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 15th day of August, 1921, denying plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and sustaining defendant’s demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Page, J.:
The action is for damages for libel. The complaint so far as necessary to this consideration alleges two causes of action: I. That the defendant, the ownei; and publisher of The World, maliciously published in said newspaper the following false and defamatory matter, to wit:
“ The military authorities today, through Major Gen. Bullard, commanding the Second Corps Area, comprising New York, New Jersey and Delaware, publish, and The World, at the request of the War Department, prints the first instalment of ’ what has commonly .been referred to as the ‘ slacker list ’ or roster of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hemmens v. . NelsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
3Cited by10 opinions
- Stukuls v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Cheatum v. WehleNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- Sheridan v. CrisonaNew York Court of Appeals · 1964
- Peeples v. StateNew York Court of Claims · 1942
- Munafo v. HelfandDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1956
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