Sanderson v. . Caldwell

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1871-04-25

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Andrews, J. The court properly refused to instruct the jury that the article published by the defendant was not libelous. That instruction would only have been proper in case i„t was' incapable of a construction injurious to the plaintiff. In an action for defamation, if the application or meaning of the words is ambiguous, or the sense in which they were used…

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