Byrnes v. Mathews

The plaintiff, who is the proprietor of a private detective bureau, brings this action against the editor and proprietor of the Buffalo Express, a newspaper published in this city, for maliciously writing of and concerning the plaintiff certain things claimed to be libelous. The defendant demurs to the complaint on the ground that it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action; and as appears from the defendant’s brief submitted in the argument, the particular reasons urged are that the words are not libelous and actionable. The article complained of, which is fully set…