Mason v. Clark
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William Peyton Mason, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term, bearing date the 1st day of November, 1901, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York, requiring the plaintiff to serve a bill of particulars.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J.:
The action was for slander, and after issue the defendant made a motion requiring the plaintiff to furnish a bill of particulars specifying the name or names of the person or persons in whose presence he expects or intends to prove the defendant uttered the alleged slanderous words as set forth in the complaint herein. The answer denies that the defendant spoke the words complained of, and the affidavit of the defendant upon which the motion was granted alleges that he is ignorant of the name or names of the person or persons in whose presence the plaintiff expects or intends to…
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