Cromwell v. Norton

In granting the bill of particulars the justice at Special Term should be affirmed. i

This court has at least twice held in slander actions under similar circumstances that where a complaint alleges that the alleged privileged communication was shown by the recipient to numerous other persons who saw and read the same, the defendant is entitled to know to whom the libelous words were shown. In Mason v. Clark (75 App. Div. 460), Justice Ingraham (afterwards Presiding Justice) said: “ To prevent surprise at the trial, it is necessary that the defendant should have notice of the exact time and…