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Show THE TISIUUXE ItEMVRRS. It Declares Marshal J'arsons' Complaint to be Ambiguous and I'ncertain. In the case, of Marshal Parsons against tha Tritium, for libel, tho following demurrer to the, complaint was tiled iu the United State district court today by the defendant I Tkkhitokv of I'tXh, 1 ' " " Corvrv ok Salt Lai.i:. (" ' In tho Third judicial district court Klias II. Parsons vs. the Tribune Publishing com. pauy, defcudaut. The' said defendant, the Tribune Publish, ing company, conies and dcuiurrs to tho complaint of plaintiff heretofore. Hied in the. above entitled action, and for grounds of do-raurrcr do-raurrcr shows: Fiirt That said complaint is ambiguous, uiitelligible "and uncertain. It is ambiguous in that it does not apperr whether the plain, has sulfered speeial damages from the pub. Mention of the alleged false and defamatory matter allescd and set out iu said com. plaint. The said complaint is unintelligible ia this, that it cannot be determined from a reading of said complaint whether , plaintiff is suing for the publication of words which are libelous ;vr w,or whether the publications of the words set out in the complaint, ami alleged to have been published by defendant resulted iu special damages to plaintiff. The said complaint is uncertain in this! 1, alleges, In substance, that by the publication publica-tion of the alleged false aud defamatory matter set out Iu the complaint, this defendant de-fendant did therefore intend to and did charge ihn said plaintiff with committing tarious offenses covering tho whole raut'o of crimes from dishonesty iu oltice to gross ami beastly crimes, including in the said charge all crimes dt lined iu the penal code" of Utah, but does not specify what crimes the said hiuguage charges JilaintilJ w itli having committed, nor does it specify tho respect in which tio. said liuiguiuro charges the plaintiff with dishonesty iuothco nor iu respect of what oltice the said lau. guage charges him with dishonesty. Stconil that said complaint doth not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of actio, against the defendant. Wherefore the premises considered defendant defend-ant prays to bo hence dismissed with il costs. Powr.Bs iM 1Di.es, j Attorneys for Defendant. |