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EVANS v. LAWSON

Civ. A. No. 72-C-101-A.

351 F.Supp. 279 (1972)

David EVANS, Plaintiff, v. Joseph W. LAWSON, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Virginia, Abingdon Division.

October 16, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. McAfee, Cline, McAfee, Adkins & Gillenwater, Norton, Va., for plaintiff.

John A. K. Donovan, Donovan, Turnbull, Brophy & Burns, Falls Church, Va., and George M. Warren, Jr., Warren & Bowie, Bristol, Va., for defendant.

OPINION and JUDGMENT

DALTON, District Judge.

The present suit is one of libel and slander brought by the plaintiff, a citizen of Texas, against the defendant, a Virginia citizen. The amount in controversy exceeds the jurisdictional requirement, plaintiff having alleged his damages to be $750,000.

The defendant has moved to dismiss the case for failure to state a cause of action upon which relief may be...

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