Pier v. Speer
Supreme Court of New Jersey
The declaration in an action for slander charged the defendant with maliciously speaking, on various occasions, in the presence of others, defamatory words concerning the plaintiff, involving her reputatiou for chastity and general moral character.
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The declaration in an action for slander charged the defendant with maliciously speaking, on various occasions, in the presence of others, defamatory words concerning the plaintiff, involving her reputatiou for chastity and general moral character. To this declaration the defetrdant pleaded the general issue, and a special plea of justification, concluding with these words, viz.: “'That the said plaintiff, before the speaking and publishing of the said several words of and concerning the said plaintiff, as in the declaration mentioned, to wit, in the county of Essex and the. county of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the coiLrt was delivered by
Vredenjburgh, J.
The principal points assigned and urged as grounds of error relate to the rulings of the court on the admissions and rejection of evidence.
As to the admission of the conversation by defendant in the committee-room, it- is apparent that the objection was addressed solely to the discretion of the trial court, and the overruling of defendant’s objection that the whole circumstances should first be shown worked him no injury. The court subsequently charged the jury upon that subject in his favor and without exception by him.
The defendant’s…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Packard v. Bergen Neck Railway Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1892
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