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COLEMAN v. NEWARK MORNING LEDGER CO.

29 N.J. 357 (1959)

149 A.2d 193

AARON H. COLEMAN, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. NEWARK MORNING LEDGER CO., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY, SAMUEL I. NEWHOUSE, PHILIP HOCHSTEIN, W.E. BOWMAN, PAUL TIERNEY AND EDWARD WALSH, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 9, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry Green argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Richard F. Green, attorney).

Mr. John F. Lynch argued the cause for respondents (Messrs. O'Mara, Schumann, Davis & Lynch, attorneys).

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 the 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...

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