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The defendant, the editor and proprietor of a newspaper, published articles which referred to the 'Calcutta Police', without naming individuals. The plaintiffs, six of the members of the Calcutta Police force, jointly sued the editor for damages, alleging that the articles were directed against them, and that they constituted a libel. Here a libel was in the same words, and in the same documents, but of different persons.

A. The plain tiffs could not all be joined in one suit

B. There cannot in such cases be said to be one or the same cause of action

C. Both A and B

D. None of these

Answer: Option C


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