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WOODY v. CATAWBA VALLEY BROADCASTING COMPANY

No. 365.

158 S.E.2d 578 (1968)

272 N.C. 459

Fred Paul WOODY, Plaintiff, v. CATAWBA VALLEY BROADCASTING COMPANY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

January 12, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James O. Cobb, William H. McNair, Charlotte, G. Hunter Warlick, Hickory, for plaintiff appellee.

Patrick, Harper & Dixon, by Bailey Patrick and Charles D. Dixon, Hickory, for defendant appellant.

HIGGINS, Justice.

The pleadings and the evidence in this case disclose the news broadcast here involved was first written and later read over the defendant's radio broadcasting station at 12:30 p. m. The broadcast recited the plaintiff was reportedly "arrested last night by A.T.T.U. agents in Mecklenburg County and charged with violation of the prohibition laws. Woody was allegedly picked up in a 1954 Chevrolet containing 140 gallons of illicit liquor." The defendant...

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