Hoffman v. Trenton Times

Kinkeau, S. C. C.

This is a rule to show cause why a judgment of $30,000 recovered by the plaintiff against the defendant Trenton Times, Inc., and a judgment of $20,000 against the defendant James Kerney, Jr., in a libel suit should not be set aside on the ground that the verdict is excessive, and the result of mistake, passion or prejudice.

The defendant Trenton Times, Inc., is the publisher of the newspapers known as the Trenton Times, Trenton Sunday Times-Adverliser and the Trenton State Gazette. The defendant James Kerney, Jr., is the editor of the three newspapers.

The plaintiff instituted…