Knipe v. Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William Knipe, from an order of the Supreme Court made at the Kings County Special Term, bearing date the 13th day of October, 1901, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings, denying the plaintiff’s motion to strike out certain portions of the answer as irrelevant and for a bill of particulars.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
The plaintiff brings this action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of an alleged libel published by the defendant. The answer sets up as a plea in justification that the matter as published is true, and as a partial defense, and in mitigation of damages, sets out certain matters relating to the conduct of the plaintiff as captain of police in the Conqy Island precinct, and then alleges that “ said article published by -this defendant- was founded upon statements made by persons residents of said Coney Island, or having places of business in said Coney…
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