Order, entered June 27, 1961, granting plaintiff's motion to strike the second affirmative defense in defendant's answer which pleaded the defense of privilege in an action for libel, unanimously affirmed, with $20 costs and disbursements to respondent.
Defendant contends that the letter, which forms the basis for plaintiff's action for defamation, was written by defendant in the course of a judicial proceeding, and since it was relevant thereto, it was absolutely...
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