Case Name: Ralph DeMartino, Appellant, v. News Syndicate Company, Inc., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1925-03
Citations: 213 A.D. 835
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ralph DeMartino, Appellant, v. News Syndicate Company, Inc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 213
Pages: 835–835

Head Matter:
Ralph DeMartino, Appellant, v. News Syndicate Company, Inc., Respondent.

Opinion:
Order setting aside verdict and granting a new trial unanimously affirmed, with costs to abide the event. We conclude that it was error to admit testimony appearing at folios 141 and 402 of the record, concerning the gravity of the alleged libel as affecting plaintiff's relatives. (See Bishop v. New York Times Co., 233 N. Y. 446.) Under the circumstances it is unnecessary for us to pass upon the question of the alleged excessive verdict. Present — Kelly, P. J., Manning, Kelby, Young and Kapper, JJ.