Hatch v. Matthews
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Erie county. Action by Edward W. Hatch against George E. Matthews and Charles E. Austin for libel. From an order denying in part a motion that defendants be required to serve an amended answer stating separately and numbering separate defenses, and to make the answer more definite and certain (30 N. Y. Supp. 309), and also from an order denying a motion to strike certain allegations from the amended answer, plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from special term, Erie county. Action by Edward W. Hatch against George E. Matthews and Charles E. Austin for libel. From an order denying in part a motion that defendants be required to serve an amended answer stating separately and numbering separate defenses, and to make the answer more definite and certain (30 N. Y. Supp. 309), and also from an order denying a motion to strike certain allegations from the amended answer, plaintiff appeals. For decision on appeal from an interlocutory judgment overruling a demurrer to the complaint, see 31 N. Y. Supp. 926.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
This action was brought against the defendants, as the proprietors and publishers of the Buffalo Morning Express, to recover damages for a libelous article published therein concerning the plaintiff. Plaintiff moved the court for an order requiring the defendants to serve an amended answer, and separate, state, and number separately the matter set up as a second defense, and make *333the answer more definite in certain particulars. The motion was in part granted and in part denied, and from so much of the order as denied plaintiff’s motion an appeal was taken. After service of the amended answer,…
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