LANGFORD v. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY


318 S.W.2d 568 (1958)

Pamela LANGFORD, etc. v. The VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY et al. Robert L. LANGFORD v. The VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY et al. Mrs. Robert L. LANGFORD v. The VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY et al.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section.

Certiorari denied December 12, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sims Crownover, Thomas G. Watkins, James A. Carney and Watkins & Crownover, Nashville, for plaintiffs Mr. and Mrs. Langford and their daughter, Pamela Langford.

Cecil Sims and Bass, Berry & Sims, Nashville, for The Vanderbilt University.

Stanly T. Snodgrass and Stokes & Snodgrass, Nashville, for Ormonde Plater.

K. Harlan Dodson, Jr., and Louis Farrell, Jr., Nashville, for Benson Printing Co.


Certiorari denied by Supreme Court December 12, 1958.

FELTS, Judge.

These three suits were brought by the Reverend Mr. Robert L. Langford, his wife, and their four-year old daughter, Pamela (by him as next friend), each for $100,000 damages for libel for an item published in a student newspaper at Vanderbilt University known as the Hustler. The University, the student editor of the Hustler, Ormonde Plater, and the printer, Benson

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