Wolfson v. Syracuse Newspapers, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The amended complaint in a newspaper libel action has been dismissed on the ground that plaintiff’s cause of action did not accrue within the time limited by law for the commencement of the suit. (Rules Civ. Prac. rule 107, subd. 6.)
Concededly the Statute of Limitations has barred plaintiff’s cause of action upon defendant’s original publication of the alleged libel. The question is whether plaintiff’s pleading is sufficient to establish a republication thereof and thus escape the bar of the statute.
It is alleged that in the single issue of defendant’s newspaper published on December 16,…
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