Gedney v. Planten

This is a motion made by the defendant to vacate an order heretofore obtained for the examination of the defendant before trial. The action is *494brought to recover damages for libel. It appears from the fácts alleged in the complaint that the defendant had been engaged in business under the firm name and style of H. Planten & Son; that plaintiff’s father was one James R. Gedney, and that in the year 1835 he began business as a manufacturer of proprietary medicines, among other things a compound of copaiba and oil of cubebs colored black; that said James R. Gedney continued the said business…