1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.Y.2d
  4. 2 N.Y.2d
  5. 2 N.Y.2d 416 (1957)
 

MACY v. NEW YORK WORLD-TEL. CORP.

2 N.Y.2d 416 (1957)

W. Kingsland Macy, Respondent, v. New York World-Telegram Corporation, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Reargued March 5, 1957.

Decided March 8, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Diskin, Macdonald DeWitt, C. Coudert Nast and Milton Pollack for appellant.

William Power Maloney, Rolland B. Marvin and Jules Yablok for respondent.

VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and BERGAN, JJ., concur with DESMOND, J.; DYE, J., dissents in an opinion in which CONWAY, Ch. J., and FROESSEL, J., concur; FULD, J., taking no part.

DESMOND, J.

This libel suit against the publisher of a New York City newspaper resulted in a $50,000 verdict for plaintiff and the judgment entered thereon was affirmed by the Appellate Division. We granted leave to appeal. The article complained of appeared in the newspaper on October 18, 1950, shortly after the annual New York Republican State Convention. It stated in substance that, according to several persons...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases