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GRIGGS v. FARMER

No. 14138.

430 F.2d 638 (1970)

Fos Teene E. GRIGGS, Appellant, v. Paul Christopher FARMER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Holland, Arlington, Va. (Tolbert, Lewis & FitzGerald, Arlington, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

Paul F. Sheridan, Washington, D. C., and Paul C. Farmer (Anthony J. Siciliano, and Siciliano, Daly & Ellis, Arlington, Va., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BRYAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges, and WIDENER, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

A breach of promise to marry accompanied by a physical assault on June 25, 1966 in Arlington County, Virginia, was the gravamen of two suits in the Federal District Court for Eastern Virginia. The first was for damages for the nuptial breach and was filed on June 20, 1968; suit on the assault was begun on June 28, 1968. Both were dismissed as barred by the prevailing time limitations — concededly one year for the breach and two years for the assault...

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