Bingham v. Gaynor
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Theodore A. Bingham, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Rev/ York Special Term, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Rew York on the SR tli day of September, 1909,striking out portions of the complaint as irrelevant, redundant and, in part, scandalous.
1Opinion of the Court
Houghton, J.:
The action is for libel, and, on motion of the defendant, many. allegations of the complaint were stricken- out as irrelevant.
It is unnecessary to analyze the .complaint. It is sufficient for us to say that we are of the opinion that the allegations stricken out were material as either tending to show actual malice or in aggravation of damages.
The plaintiff had a right to aver, if he saw fit, that the defendant was apprised by him of the true state of affairs with respect to *427Duffy before he published the alleged libel, for the purpose of showing personal ill-will or desire to do…
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