Guenther v. Ridgway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Ridgway Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 2d day of September, 1913, requiring Ray Brown, the secretary, treasurer and director of the defendant, to answer certain questions which he had refused to answer on his examination under an order for the examination of the defendant by said Brown, as its secretary, treasurer and director,…
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Appeal by the defendant, The Ridgway Company, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 2d day of September, 1913, requiring Ray Brown, the secretary, treasurer and director of the defendant, to answer certain questions which he had refused to answer on his examination under an order for the examination of the defendant by said Brown, as its secretary, treasurer and director, as an adverse party, requiring him to testify “concerning the matters relevant to the issues in this action,” pursuant…
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action for libel. The libelous article was published on the 5th day of August, 1911, in a periodical known as Adventure. The defendant admitted the publication, and that it was published of and concerning the plaintiff, and denied positively the falsity of the article, and alleged positively, as a complete defense, that the statements therein contained are true, and also alleged positively the truth of the article as a partial defense, and alleged positively, in mitigation, that the article was published “after careful investigation and with full belief in the truth…
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