Yonkers Railroad v. Herald Statesman, Inc.

The action is for libel. It grows out of the publication of two news articles and an editorial in defendant’s newspaper respecting street transit facilities in the city of Yonkers. Three separate causes of action are set forth in the complaint and defendant interposed several complete and partial defenses to each. The first and second complete defenses plead justification and fair comment. The plaintiff moved to strike from the answer, as insufficient in law, the first and second complete defenses to the first and second causes of action and the first, second and third complete defenses to…