Dodge v. Bradstreet Co.

Van Vorst, J. —

After a careful reading of the complaint and a consideration of the points and arguments of the counsel 1 cannot conclude that this pleading is obnoxious to the objection that causes of action have been improperly joined.

It does not appear to have been the pleader’s intention to interpose two separate causes of action, one for slander and another for an illegal combination and conspiracy between the defendants to injure the plaintiff.

It is true that the utterances of the defendants, White and Hardy, which are claimed to have been false and slanderous, are given with detail in…