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NEW ENGLAND NEWSPAPER PUB. CO. v. BONNER

No. 3025.

77 F.2d 915 (1935)

NEW ENGLAND NEWSPAPER PUB. CO. v. BONNER.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 25, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis P. Garland, of Boston, Mass. (Henry F. Hurlburt, Jr., Benjamin C. Perkins, and Hurlburt, Jones & Hall, all of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellant.

Joseph N. Welch, of Boston, Mass. (Lucius E. Thayer and Hale & Dorr, all of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BINGHAM, WILSON, and MORTON, Circuit Judges.

WILSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Massachusetts in an action of libel published by the defendant in the newspaper known as the Boston American. The plaintiff, Bonner, was originally the executive secretary of the Federal Power Commission at Washington, and, as such, had highly important duties to perform as the executive officer of the commission. He was charged in the libelous...

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