HUBBARD v. ASSOCIATED PRESS

No. 4823.

123 F.2d 864 (1941)

HUBBARD v. ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

November 21, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Brantley Harvey, of Beaufort, S. C., for appellant.

W. C. McLain, of Columbia, S. C. (Moynihan & McKeown, of New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges, and CHESNUT, District Judge.


DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

This action to recover damages for alleged libel was commenced by the appellant, Grayson K. Hubbard (hereinafter called the plaintiff), against The Associated Press, a New York news reporting agency, in the Court of Common Pleas of Beaufort County, South Carolina, in October, 1937, and was duly removed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina. The action was based upon a news article furnished by The Associated...

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