Legal Opinion

Bennet v. Commercial Advertiser Ass'n

New York Supreme Court

Decided August 15, 1919Published

Motion for judgment on the pleadings.

1Opinion of the CourtG-reenbaum, J.

The plaintiff alleges fifteen causes of action for libel based upon as many alleged publications in defendant’s newspaper, the Globe & Commercial Advertiser. The defendant moves for judg*355merit upon the pleadings, which consist of the com-plaint and answer. The motion assails the complaint for legal insufficiency. It would involve an unnecessary amount of labor to detail each of the separate causes of action, for the reason that in effect they involve substantially the same questions. It will suffice to state generally the character and nature of the several publications as set forth in the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Homer v. EngelhardtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
  2. Howarth v. BarlowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906

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