PERRY v. HEARST CORPORATION

No. 6310.

334 F.2d 800 (1964)

Mary M. PERRY, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. The HEARST CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

June 30, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian E. Concannon, Boston, Mass., with whom Leo V. Concannon and Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellant.

Gerald May, Boston, Mass., with whom O. S. Sughrue, Jr., and Rich, May & Bilodeau, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellee.

Before WOODBURY, Chief Judge, and HARTIGAN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges.


ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a judgment dismissing an action for libel on defendant's motion to dismiss, following removal from the Massachusetts Superior Court, raises the single question of whether the article declared on could be found defamatory of and concerning the plaintiff. The plaintiff, a citizen of Massachusetts, is the widow of one George M. Perry. The defendant, The Hearst Corporation, is a Delaware...

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