GERSTEN v. NEWARK MORNING LEDGER CO.


52 N.J. Super. 152 (1958)

145 A.2d 56

EMANUEL GERSTEN AND LILLIAN GERSTEN, HIS WIFE, PLAINTIFFS, v. NEWARK MORNING LEDGER CO., AND/OR S.I. NEWHOUSE, PUBLISHER, PHILIP HOCKSTEIN, EDITOR AND/OR "JOHN DOE," REPORTER, SAID NAME BEING FICTITIOUS AND UNKNOWN, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided September 25, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Emanuel Gersten, attorney for plaintiffs.

Mr. Harold Krieger, attorney for defendants.


FULOP, J.C.C. (temporarily assigned).

The plaintiffs move for a summary judgment as to liability alone in an action for libel.

The plaintiff husband is an attorney at law of this State and has held the position of township attorney of the Township of Hillside. He has been a candidate for elective office. The plaintiffs allege that they have been "happily married since July 9, 1933" and the plaintiff husband verifies this by affidavit. There is no contradictory...

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