MATTOX v. NEWS SYNDICATE CO.

No. 156, Docket 21204.

176 F.2d 897 (1949)

MATTOX v. NEWS SYNDICATE CO., Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided March 11, 1949.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1949.

Writ of Certiorari Denied October 24, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Townley, Updike & Carter, New York City and J. Howard Carter, New York City (James W. Rodgers, New York City, Philip T. Seymour, Merrick, N. Y., of counsel), for News Syndicate Co., Inc.

Samuel Ruderman, New York City, and Louis Fine, New York City, for Mattox.

Before L. HAND, Chief Judge, and SWAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied October 24, 1949. See 70 S.Ct. 100.

L. HAND, Chief Judge.

Both parties appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in an action to recover damages for a libel. The defendant's appeal is based upon the admission of irrelevant and incompetent evidence as to damages; the plaintiff's is from an order which granted a new trial unless she consented to reduce her damages from $20,000 to $15,000, which she did. The plaintiff lives in Norfolk...

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