Connors v. Collier

Plaintiff makes this motion on the ground that the answer of the defendant is insufficient; that there is no issue raised upon which plaintiff can he examined; that it an insufficient answer as a justification for the publication of a libel to merely allege that the publication is true; that, to constitute a defense of justification, the answer must allege facts showing the truth of the charge, and that such justifying facts must be as broad as the *170charge; and that, because defendant’s answer fails to allege facts showing the truth of the published charge, there is no issue of fact raised by…