McLeod v. American Publishing Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Acting Associate Justice W. C. Cothran.

The plaintiff in this case seeks to recover damages from the defendants for an alleged libel, the various matters charged as being libelous being many and being set out in full in the complaint, setting forth their defenses in full to the various allegations.

The defendants duly answered the complaint.

A notice was later served upon the attorneys for the defendants that a motion would be made to strike out certain allegations of the answers and to cause other allegations to be made more definite and certain. The…