Case Name: John Quinn, Appellant, v. Blanchard B. Weber and Another, Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of Salamanca Republican-Press, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1932-05
Citations: 235 A.D. 893
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Quinn, Appellant, v. Blanchard B. Weber and Another, Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of Salamanca Republican-Press, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 235
Pages: 893–893

Head Matter:
John Quinn, Appellant, v. Blanchard B. Weber and Another, Doing Business under the Firm Name and Style of Salamanca Republican-Press, Respondents.

Opinion:
Judgment reversed on the law and a new trial granted, with costs to appellant to abide the event. The article published charged plaintiff with having been arrested and with having escaped from the arresting officers, a crime. (Penal Law, § 1694.) This, if untrue, was libelous per se. Plaintiff's proof showed unqualifiedly that there had been neither an arrest nor an escape. The nonsuit was, therefore, erroneous. All concur.