Kirkman v. Westchester Newspapers, Inc.

This opinion deals only with the first cause of action in the complaint. All of the judges concur in Judge Conway’s opinion in so far as it treats of the second to seventeenth causes of action, as to which causes of action Judge Conway’s opinion, is, therefore, the opinion of the whole court.

As to the first cause of action asserted by Kirkman, as president of the local union, the principal argument advanced against its sufficiency is that “ a plurality of persons * * * never has a joint or common interest in a cause of action for' libel.” Therefore, we are told, a cause of action for libel is…