Norton v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

The plaintiff, a minor of sixteen years, brings this action by his guardian ad litem against the defendants, alleging slander. The trial of the case resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, and it is now before us on one issue only, and that is, that the trial Court erred in refusing the defendants’ motion for a directed verdict which was made upon the ground that no actionable words were shown to have been uttered; that the words spoken by the manager of the defendant were words of plain and ordinary meaning, unambiguous, and did…