Udovichky v. Bacheff
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Mary Udovichky, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of December, 1920, denying plaintiff’s motion for judgment on her demurrer to certain defenses and counterclaims, brought on and tried as a contested motion under section 976 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
The action is for libel in maliciously composing and mailing to the plaintiff’s husband a letter reflecting on her chastity. The amended answer puts in issue the allegations of the complaint with respect to the plaintiff’s marriage and those charging that he composed and mailed the letter and his purpose in so doing, and pleads one separate and distinct defense, two partial defenses by way of mitigation, two separate and distinct defenses and the same facts by way of mitigation, one separate and partial defense by way of mitigation, and six separate and distinct defenses and…
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- Lee v. WoolseyNew York Supreme Court · 1822
- Rothschild v. . WhitmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Sheehan v. PierceNew York Supreme Court · 1893
- Hess v. New York Press Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1898
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