Fahr v. Hayes
Supreme Court of New Jersey
In tort. On rule to show cause why a verdict for the plaintiff should not be set aside.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dixon, J.
The plaintiff sued the defendant for slander, uttered on April 15th, 1886, in the office of George Thoma, Jr., at the corner of Broadway and Cortlandt street, New York. The words used are said by the plaintiff to have been as follows, on direct examination: “You thief, you! Don’t *277you show your face in Maiden Lane any more; you stole two chains from my factory,, and you are indicted; within a few ■days from now yon are going to state’s prison. What would you [the bystanders] think of this man if he was to leave your office and have two watches…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ormsby v. . DouglassNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
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