Huber v. Rebay

KNOX, District Judge.

Defendant here moves for summary judgment, dismissing plaintiff’s first cause of action based upon the publication of an allegedly libelous letter. It is said that the communication containing the libel was written in New York and delivered to its addressee in New Jersey, in November, 1942. In plaintiff’s bill of particulars, she has advanced the date of publication either to December, 1941, or January, 1942. The complaint was filed on October 27, 1943.

Defendant, an alien, is the Curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, and has an office and an apartment on West…