Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1807

Badgley v. Hedges

Badgley v. Hedges
Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided May 15, 1807
3 N.J.L. 233

Badgley v. Hedges

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

— This judgment cannot be sustained. It is abundantly evident from the record, that the words charged in the three first counts were spoken in a Court of law, in the progress of a trial, and in a course of justice; that the language was uncivil, and merited the censure of the justice, before whom the testimony was given, is very clear; but they are not actionable; nothing is more common than for a party to say in his defence, that the evidence given against him is not true, and that he can prove it. Tlie three first counts, not containing a cause of action, and the testimony failing on the fourth count, there is nothing to support the judgment of the Common Pleas.

Judgment reversed.

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