Case Name: DEMOS v. NEW YORK EVENING JOURNAL PUB. CO.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1911-11-03
Citations: 131 N.Y.S. 418
Docket Number: 
Parties: DEMOS v. NEW YORK EVENING JOURNAL PUB. CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 131
Pages: 418–421

Head Matter:
DEMOS v. NEW YORK EVENING JOURNAL PUB. CO.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
November 3, 1911.)
Appeal from Trial Term, New York County.
Action by Emanuel J. Demos against the New York Evening Journal Publishing Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, and an order denying a motion for new trial, defendant appeals. Reversed, and new trial ordered, unless plaintiff accepts a reduced verdict, in which event judgment, as modified, is affirmed.
Argued before INGRAHAM, P. J., and LAUGHLIN, CLARICE, SCOTT, and DOWLING, JJ.
Clarence J. Shearn, for appellant.
Abram I. Elkus, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judgment and order reversed, and new trial ordered, with costs to appellant to abide event, unless plaintiff stipulate to reduce the amount of the verdict to the sum of $2,000, in which event the judgment, as so reduced, and the order appealed from, are affirmed, without costs. LAUGHLIN, CLARKE, and DOAVLING, JJ., concur; LAUGHLIN, J., on the ground of the exclusion of competent evidence as to compensatory damages.