New York Supreme Court January 15, 1886 (Shelby v. Sun Printing Publishing Ass'n)

Brady, J.:

This action was instituted to recover damages for tbe publication of an alleged libel in tbe Sunday edition of tbe defendant’s newspaper, called “The Sun,” on the 2d of December, 1882.

*475The publication complained of purported to be a report of the proceedings in the Court of Chancery, at Louisville, Kentucky, in-the case of a negro who was seeking to obtain a divorce from his-wife.