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WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. v. LESESNE

No. 6044.

182 F.2d 135 (1950)

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. v. LESESNE.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. W. Mullins, Columbia, S. C. (Nelson, Mullins & Greer, Columbia, S. C., and John H. Waters, New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

C. T. Graydon and Yancey A. McLeod, Columbia, S. C. (McLeod & Singletary, Columbia, S. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

Western Union Telegraph Company appeals from a judgment for $2,000 against it in favor of Thomas P. Lesesne in an action for libel based upon a telegram containing statements in regard to the plaintiff. The message was delivered to the Telegraph Company by H. G. Willingham at Columbia, South Carolina, on October 27, 1946, and was transmitted that day by the company at Columbia by teletype to the addressee, Dr. James A. Hayne, who was an official...

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