New York Court of Appeals

Louis Fleischmann, Appellant v. James Gordon Bennett, Respondent

December 15, 188187 N.Y. 231

Summary

The Court affirmed the demurrer to the first two counts of the libel complaint, holding that an innuendo does not enlarge the libelous matter and that contradictory allegations in the complaint preclude a claim that the publications were of and concerning the plaintiff; each numbered article was deemed a separate cause of action.