HAMMETT v. TIMES-HERALD

No. 7066.

227 F.2d 328 (1955)

Mark J. HAMMETT, Appellant, v. TIMES-HERALD, Inc., a body corporate, also known as Washington Times-Herald, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. White, Hyattsville, Md., for appellant.

John Henry Lewin, Baltimore, Md. (David C. Green, Venable Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., and Perry S. Patterson, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, SOPER, Circuit Judge, and BARKSDALE, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal in a libel case based on a newspaper article ridiculing a brochure circulated by a candidate for publice office in which he highly recommended himself to the voters. The case was submitted to a jury in a fair and impartial charge to which no exception was taken. Certain instructions requested were not given, but the law was fairly covered in the general charge. There were no errors in the admission or rejection of testimony that are worthy...

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