JACKSON v. FILLIBEN


281 A.2d 604 (1971)

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

Supreme Court of Delaware.

August 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Harold Leshem, of Booker, Leshem, Green, Shaffer, Berl & Wise, Wilmington, for plaintiff below, appellee.

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


CAREY, Justice.

The appellant, Joseph Ben Jackson, Jr., brings this appeal from a verdict and judgment entered in Superior Court in favor of the plaintiff below, Joseph F. Filliben, Jr., in a defamation action.

Briefly the facts are as follows: Around midnight on December 2, 1965, Filliben, then a sergeant of the Wilmington Police force, was going home in his own car after finishing his shift. He saw Jackson's car...

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