Legal Opinion
World's Dispensary Medical Ass'n v. Collier
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1914PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Motions on the part of plaintiffs to strike from the answers of the defendants certain parts thereof, as irrelevant and redundant.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The above entitled actions are for an alleged libel. On the 20th day of January, 1912, there was published in Colliers Weekly Journal an article written by the defendant Adams, which it is claimed constituted a libel on each of the plaintiffs above named. Mr. Collier, as proprietor, Mr. Hapgood, as managing editor, and Mr. Adams, as the writer, are made parties defendant. The entire article is long, consisting of several columns of matter headed, “ Fraud Medicines Own Up,” and among other things, contains the following statement:
“ Under the high-sounding title of the World’s Dispensary…
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