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PINN v. LAWSON

No. 6137.

72 F.2d 742 (1934)

PINN v. LAWSON et al.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided August 6, 1934.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest C. Dickson, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Geo. A. Parker and B. L. Gaskins, both of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, HITZ, and GRONER, Associate Justices.

PER CURIAM.

An appeal from a judgment of the lower court in an action brought by appellant for damages because of an alleged libel.

The appellant, Rev. James L. Pinn, who was pastor of the First Colored Baptist Church, was plaintiff below and claimed damages from the defendants, Emma E. Lawson and Helen Martin, upon a charge that they had willfully, maliciously, and falsely composed and published a libelous statement concerning him by filing the same with...

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