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FILLIBEN v. JACKSON

247 A.2d 913 (1968)

Joseph F. FILLIBEN, Jr., Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Joseph Ben JACKSON, Jr., Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

October 25, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Leshem, of Booker, Leshem, Green & Shaffer, Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellant.

Louis L. Redding, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellee.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.

CAREY, Justice:

The appellant, Joseph F. Filliben, Jr., brought suit in Superior Court against the appellee, Joseph Ben Jackson, Jr., seeking damages for an alleged defamation. After plaintiff's case in chief was completed, the trial Court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant. It is this ruling which is now questioned.

The appellant, who was a police officer, alleged in his complaint that the appellee maliciously made formal charges against him to...

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