Case Name: Catherine Broderick, by Celestine Broderick, Her Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, v. News Syndicate Co., Inc., Sued, etc., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1924-11
Citations: 211 A.D. 812
Docket Number: 
Parties: Catherine Broderick, by Celestine Broderick, Her Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, v. News Syndicate Co., Inc., Sued, etc., Appellant.
Judges: Present — Kelly, P. J., Jaycox, Kelby, Young and Kapper, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 211
Pages: 812–812

Head Matter:
Catherine Broderick, by Celestine Broderick, Her Guardian ad Litem, Respondent, v. News Syndicate Co., Inc., Sued, etc., Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment and order denying new trial unanimously affirmed, with costs. As we interpret the decision in Bishop v. New York Times Co. (233 N. Y. 446), it holds that testimony in a libel suit in enhancement of damages, to the effect that relatives of plaintiff were shunned and ostracised by their friends, with a resultant reaction of mental distress to the plaintiff, is incompetent. We are of opinion that the record before us does not contain testimony, to which exception was taken, falling within the ruling made in the case cited.
Present — Kelly, P. J., Jaycox, Kelby, Young and Kapper, JJ.