Supreme Court of New Jersey February 15, 1881 (Morris Feder & Co. v. Herrick)

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beasley, Chief Justice.

The grounds of objection *26against the counts of this declaration are, that the words charged to be libelous are not so, per se, and that they cannot be made so by regarding them relatively to the business of the plaintiffs, because, as it is contended, the fact that the plaintiffs were engaged in business is not adequately