Fuller v. Melko

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Waohesteeld, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of $5,212.67 plus interest for fees and expenses allegedly due to the plaintiff by reason of an investigation which he undertook at the behest of the defendant, the Middlesex County Prosecutor. The appeal was taken to the Superior Court, Appellate Division, and brought here on our own motion.

The plaintiff in 1947 was a licensed detective. On March 3rd of that year, the defendant, in Iris official capacity as county prosecutor, asked the plaintiff to undertake an undercover investigation of gambling…