Old Dearborn Distributing Co. v. Seagram Distillers Corp.

Mr. Presiding Justice Matchett

delivered the opinion of the court.

The Old Dearborn Distributing Company brought an action on the case against the Seagram Distillers Corporation for an alleged libel; filed an amended complaint on May 15, 1936, to which defendant interposed a motion to dismiss in the nature of a demurrer, asserting that the amended complaint failed to state any cause of action and was substantially insufficient in law because the alleged libelous matter was not defamatory or actionable; because the complaint attempted unjustifiably by innuendo to enlarge the meaning of the words…