Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1904

Maglio v. New York Herald Co.

Maglio v. New York Herald Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided April 15, 1904
93 A.D. 546; 87 N.Y.S. 927

Counsel

Robert W. Candler [ William Jay and Flamen B. Candler with him on the brief], for the appellant., Charles A. Dryer, for the respondent.

Maglio v. New York Herald Co.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam :

The alleged libels for the publication of which this action is brought do not differ materially from those which were under consideration in Maglio v. New York Herald Co. (83 App. Div. 44). It seems to us that they refer to the property of the plaintiff and not to the plaintiff individually. Here, however, there is no allegation of special damage, and without such an allegation, where the defamatory publication is a libel on the place, and not bn the plaintiff, the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. (Kennedy v. Press Publishing Co., 41 Hun, 422.)

It follows that the interlocutory judgment should be reversed.

All concurred.

Interlocutory judgment reversed, with costs, and demurrer sustained, with costs.

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