Oglesby v. Cranwell

In an action for libel, a plea by the defendant of privilege upon the ground that the publication is a fair and true report of a judicial proceeding and published without actual malice is good as against a motion to strike out, even though the report is published through the efforts or at the suggestion of the pleader. (Lewis v. Chemical Foundation, Inc., 262 N.Y. 489; Robinsons v. Battle, 148 App. Div. 230.) Where a complaint alleges that such libel was also published and read in Massachusetts, a plea of the Statute of Limitations of that State is good. To make section 13, Civil Practice…