McLeod v. American Publishing Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Watts.

This is an action for libel. This is an appeal from an order of Hon. John S. Wilson, Circuit Judge, striking out certain parts of the answer of defendants, and requiring answers to be made more certain and definite in certain particulars,, and also of plaintiff, McLeod, from same order, which in part refused the motion to strike out certain allegations of the answer.

By the decisions of this Court and under the statute an exception is made in actions for libel and slander as to the pleadings to that of the pleadings in the generality…