Mathews v. Beach

Action commenced in July, 1850, in the Superior Court of the city of New York, for a libel, alleged to have been published by the defendants of and concerning the plaintiff. The defendants in their answer denied *43the publication of the libel, and then stated as follows: “And they aver that they published an article in the words set forth in the complaint, in good faith,” &c., setting forth matter in justification. The plaintiff “demurs to the said answer for insufficiency, and states as the grounds of his demurrer that all the averments in said answer contained, from the words ‘and they aver…