Streety v. Wood
New York Supreme Court
This was an appeal by the defendant from a judgment entered upon a trial at the circuit. The complaint charged the defendant with publishing a libel, of and concerning the plaintiff, on or about the 21st of June, 1850, in the words following, viz.: “ He (the plaintiff) has been repeatedly guilty of falsehood, lying and deceiving, in his business transactions with Hiram Clark, Deter Myers, A. Davis, Conrad Welch, James 0. Moore, and’various other persons, within and during…
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This was an appeal by the defendant from a judgment entered upon a trial at the circuit. The complaint charged the defendant with publishing a libel, of and concerning the plaintiff, on or about the 21st of June, 1850, in the words following, viz.: “ He (the plaintiff) has been repeatedly guilty of falsehood, lying and deceiving, in his business transactions with Hiram Clark, Deter Myers, A. Davis, Conrad Welch, James 0. Moore, and’various other persons, within and during the year past.” Likewise, the words following, viz.: “ He is guilty of dishonesty in his deal, and defrauding those with…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, T. R. Strong, J.
There can be no doubt, I think, that' the preferring of the charges, in this case, to the lodge, was prima facie privileged. The acts charged were violations of the rules of the order of Odd Fellows, of which both the parties to the action were members. The charges were addressed to a body having power under those rules to receive and investigate them; and if found to be true, apply a remedy; and an equal right to prefer charges appears to have belonged to each member of the order. The case is analogous to that of charges made in a regular course of discipline,…
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- Vanderzee v. M'GregorNew York Supreme Court · 1834
- Cook v. HillThe Superior Court of New York City · 1849
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