PILKENTON v. KINGSPORT PUBLISHING CORPORATION

No. 11683.

395 F.2d 989 (1968)

Earl V. PILKENTON, Appellant, v. KINGSPORT PUBLISHING CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. McAfee, Norton, Va., for appellant.

Jackson S. White, Jr., Abingdon, Va. (Ernest F. Smith and F. Allen Kelly, Kingsport, Tenn., Penn, Stuart & Miller, Abingdon, Va., and Hunter, Smith, Davis, Norris, Waddey & Treadway, Kingsport, Tenn., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal is from a summary judgment for defendant in a suit for alleged defamation by a newspaper article which described a raid on a barn, the recovery of a quantity of stolen merchandise, and plaintiff's arrest on a charge of receiving and possessing stolen property.

Our examination of the record discloses some procedural defects in the entry of judgment. We are satisfied, however, that plaintiff was not prejudiced thereby; and in oral argument...

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