¶1We think there should be a new trial, with costs to appellant to abide the event, inasmuch as the words spoken are actionable per se, and the jury may give exemplary damages as well as-damages for plaintiff’s mental disturbance and suffering.
1 N.Y.S. 337
Gomez v. Joyce
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Decided June 20, 1888
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo · decided 1888-06-20
This is an action for slander, brought by Edwin Gomez, Jr., against Edward Joyce.
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently July 1954
1 federal appellate ·
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Decided 1888-06-20
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