Cole v. Richards

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Daly, J.

The plaintiff sued the defendant for slander; the action was tried in the Supreme Court (Atlantic Circuit) ; the trial judge allowed a judgment of nonsuit at the conclusion of the testimony produced by the plaintiff; the plaintiff appeals.

The plaintiff is a practicing lawyer of the state; so also is the defendant. The complaint alleges that the defendant who is a member of the senate of the State of New Jersey, "on the floor of the senate, in open session, said, in substance, of and concerning plaintiff, who at the time was, and now is, a…