Defendant moves to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the pleading fails to state a cause of action (CPLR 3211, subd. [a], par. 7).
On this motion attacking the complaint for insufficiency the court must accept the ultimate facts pleaded as though admitted by the defendant.
The action is in libel and is grounded upon a signed typewritten letter which defendant, a physician, had mailed to the
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