Finkelstein v. Geismar

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

On May 15th, 1916, the plaintiff below opened a clothing store on Washington street, in Hoboken. Three days later he was invited to the ma}ror’s office in the city hall. In this suit for slander he avers that then and there the defendant said to the mayor of and concerning him:

“This man, Mr. Finkelstein, is a faker and came to Hobo-ken to fake the public, and his method of doing business is to show an article in the window and when a man comes inside to purchase that article to give him inferior goods in its place. Fie is a disgrace to…