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CRANE v. NEW YORK WORLD TEL. CORP.

308 N.Y. 470 (1955)

John P. Crane, Appellant, v. New York World Telegram Corp. et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 28, 1955

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris G. Zirin and Eugene F. Bannigan for appellant.

Thomas A. Diskin, Macdonald De Witt, C. Coudert Nast and William E. Flannery for respondents.

CONWAY, Ch. J., DESMOND, DYE, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE, JJ., concur.

FULD, J.

On December 6, 1951, there appeared in a column of the New York World-Telegram and The Sun, a newspaper of wide daily circulation, this item:

"`John Crane, former president of the UFA now under indictment, isn't waiting for his own legal developments. Meanwhile his lawyers are launching a $,$$$,$$$ defamation suit.'"

The present action for libel followed; the individual defendant...

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