Coleman v. Newark Morning Ledger Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

In this action for libel, the jury returned a verdict for the defendants; .and the case is here by our certification, sua sponte, of plaintiff’s pending appeal from *367the consequent judgment to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court.

The defendants are the Newark Morning Ledger Co., as the corporate “printer and distributor” of a daily newspaper styled the Newark Star-Ledger, of “wide circulation within and beyond the State of New Jersey”; Samuel I. Newhouse, “publisher” of the newspaper; Philip Hochstein, “editor”; W. E. Bowman, “assistant…