Galligan v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'n

The principal question presented on this motion which is for a new trial under section 999 of the Code of Civil Procedure is, whether the former action between these parties is a bar to this action. Both actions are for libel contained in a single publication in defendant’s newspaper, The Evening Sun of April 15, 1892, reflecting upon the plaintiff’s character and qualifications as a principal of primary department of Grammar School Ho. 70, one of the public schools of the city of Hew York. The ivords set out in the article charged the plaintiff with having extorted money from the teachers…