WASHINGTON TIMES CO. v. HINES

No. 4157.

5 F.2d 541 (1925)

WASHINGTON TIMES CO. v. HINES.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided May 4, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. J. Lambert, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

A. P. Hines, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, ROBB, Associate Justice, and SMITH, Judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals.


ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appeal by the defendant from a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in the Supreme Court of the District in an action for libel. Plaintiff's wife had filed a bill for divorce in the court below, in which the following averments were made:

"III. That the defendant in August, 1917, brutally assaulted this plaintiff, striking her in the face, blacking her eye, and breaking her glasses; that at another time, in August, 1917, defendant...

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