Case ID: super-ct-ri_2/html/0046-03.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "TANNER, P. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

William G. Troy vs. Providence Journal Company et al.
    No. 43922
    April 19, 1919
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TANNER, P. J.

This is an action of libel and is heard upon the plaintiff’s demurrer to the special pleas alleging the truth of the libel complained of.

Af,ter examination of the pleadings, the Court is of the opinion that in the demurrer to the first and third special pleas the demurrer should be sustained upon grounds 4, 5, 9 and 10; and that in the demurrer to the second special plea the demurrer should be sustained upon grounds 4, 7, 10 and 11.

For plaintiff: Joseph C. Cawley.

For defendant: Greenough, Easton & Cross.