Ebenezer Holmes, Respondent v. George Jones

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals reversed the judgment, holding that pleadings statements are always admissible as evidence, that juries may consider good or bad faith and award punitive damages in libel actions, that the General Term may conditionally reduce a verdict, that the allegation of no consultation was libel per se, and that the trial court erred by refusing to withdraw a fully justified charge from jury consideration.