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Eisenberg v. Reasenberg

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 7, 1930
169 N.E. 656 (N.Y. 1930)

Opinion

Argued December 5, 1929

Decided January 7, 1930

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.

Samuel Sumner Goldberg and Hyman Podell for appellant.

R.M.S. Putnam and Joseph Nemerov for respondent.


Upon this record the jury could properly find that the defendant had no information and no belief that the plaintiff had been guilty of any wrong. The privilege of transmitting information of an alleged crime to the appropriate public officers cannot apply to a communication sent under such circumstances.

The judgment should be affirmed, with costs.

CARDOZO, Ch. J., POUND, CRANE, LEHMAN, KELLOGG, O'BRIEN and HUBBS, JJ., concur.

Judgment affirmed.


Summaries of

Eisenberg v. Reasenberg

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 7, 1930
169 N.E. 656 (N.Y. 1930)
Case details for

Eisenberg v. Reasenberg

Case Details

Full title:GEORGE EISENBERG, Respondent, v. AFNER REASENBERG, Appellant

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jan 7, 1930

Citations

169 N.E. 656 (N.Y. 1930)
169 N.E. 656

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