Brodek v. Jones

Merrell, J.:

The action is to recover damages for an alleged libelous publication by the defendant. Plaintiff in his complaint alleges that he is an attorney and counselor at law of the State of New York of thirty years’ standing, a member of the American Bar Association, of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and of the New York County Lawyers’ Association, and has served as a member of a number of committees in said last two named associations; that plaintiff is a native of the city of New York, and has resided there during his entire life, and that since his admission to the…