Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1939

Chapman v. Long Island Daily Press Publishing Co.

Chapman v. Long Island Daily Press Publishing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided April 3, 1939
256 A.D. 1073; 11 N.Y.S.2d 583; 1939 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 6188
Chapman v. Long Island Daily Press Publishing Co.

Opinion of the Court

Action for libel. Judgment for the defendants unanimously affirmed, with costs. In view of the jury’s verdict in favor of the defendants other than Hofmann, the dismissal as to the latter presents no practical question. (Featherston v. N. & C. Turnpike, 71 Hun, 109, 111; Wolf v. Kenyon, 242 App. Div. 116; Good Health Dairy Products Corp. v. Emery, 275 N. Y. 14; Freeman on Judgments [5th ed.], § 469, pp. 1031,1032.) Present — Lazansky, P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Johnston and Close, JJ.

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