Klein v. Biben

This is a motion to strike out all the defenses and partial defenses pleaded in the answer for alleged insufficiency.

The first defense purports to he á complete defense but it relates solely to the publication dated May 12, 1944. The Court of Appeals has, however, held that the complaint sets forth a cause of action- based on the publication of June 23, 1944, as well as one predicated upon the publication of May 12, 1944, and that the June 23d .publication does not republish the libel of May 12th by specific reference thereto. (See answers to first, second and'third certified questions, 296…