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HARTZOG v. UNITED PRESS ASS'NS

No. 6513.

202 F.2d 81 (1953)

HARTZOG v. UNITED PRESS ASS'NS.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 18, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. J. McLeod, Jr., Walterboro, S. C., and Yancey A. McLeod, Columbia, S. C. (Jefferies, McLeod, & Unger, Walterboro, S. C. and McLeod & Singletary, Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellant.

David W. Robinson, Columbia, S. C. (Robinson, Robinson & Dreher, Columbia, S. C., on brief), for appellee.

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

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

Gerard Hartzog instituted a civil action for libel, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina, against United Press Associations. Upon the trial of the case with a jury, the District Judge directed a verdict for the defendant on the ground "that the plaintiff has not established actionable defamation as claimed by himself." Plaintiff has duly appealed to us.

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