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BEECROFT v. POINT PLEASANT PRINT. & PUB. CO.

82 N.J. Super. 269 (1964)

197 A.2d 416

WILLIAM H. BEECROFT, PLAINTIFF, v. POINT PLEASANT PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO., A CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AND VICTOR D. SHANAHAN, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided January 21, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John G. Stompoly for plaintiff (Messrs. Ewart, Lomell & Muccifori, attorneys; Mr. Stompoly on the brief).

Mrs. Sonia Napolitano for defendants (Messrs. Pindar, McElroy, Connell & Foley, attorneys; Mrs. Napolitana on the brief).

KNIGHT, A.J.S.C.

This is an action for libel in which plaintiff seeks compensatory, special and punitive damages as a result of an allegedly defamatory editorial published in the July 24, 1963 issue of defendant's newspaper, The Point Pleasant Leader. The editorial, entitled "INSIST ON RIGHT TO KNOW," allegedly accuses plaintiff of performing his duties as police chief of the Borough of Point Pleasant in an unlawful, partial and dictatorial manner, without...

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