BRANDON v. MEMPHIS PUBLISHING COMPANY

No. LR 60 C 90.

194 F.Supp. 376 (1961)

Gladys Neal BRANDON, Plaintiff, v. MEMPHIS PUBLISHING COMPANY, d/b/a the Commercial Appeal, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Arkansas, W. D.

May 26, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall N. Carlisle, Little Rock, Ark., for plaintiff.

Millsaps Fitzhugh (of Fitzhugh & Clay), Memphis, Tenn., and Barber, Henry, Thurman & McCaskill, Little Rock, Ark., for defendant.


YOUNG, District Judge.

This is an action of tort libel against the defendant for articles published in its newspaper, the Commercial Appeal. Defendant, a Delaware corporation publishing two newspapers in Memphis, Tennessee, has moved to dismiss the action because of lack of jurisdiction over the person and insufficiency of process, or the service thereof, Fed.R.Civ.P. rule 12 (b), 28 U.S.C.A., alleging that it is not subject to service of process in Arkansas and that...

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