Block v. Nussbaum
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Louis Block, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 18th day of April, 1914, overruling his demurrer to the first separate defense set up in the answer, and striking out his demurrer to the third separate defense.
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
Action against an attorney for an alleged libel contained in a letter sent by him, while acting as attorney for one Riley and himself, to an attorney representing the plaintiff.
*464The answer originally interposed admitted the authorship of the letter and the sending of the same to the attorney who was at that time acting for plaintiff, and then set forth three separate defenses: (1) Justification; (2) a general release executed by plaintiff to defendant; and (3) privilege. The plaintiff, demurred to all three defenses upon the ground that they were insufficient in law upon the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Stearns v. LichtensteinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- Lewis v. PollackAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
- Block v. NussbaumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1914
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