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STEPHENS v. CITY OF MEMPHIS

565 S.W.2d 213 (1977)

Charles Quitman STEPHENS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS and Memphis Publishing Company, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section.

Rehearing Denied August 10, 1977.

Certiorari Denied February 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey L. Gipson, Robert A. Tucker, Memphis, for plaintiff-appellant.

Marshall Gerber, Memphis, for defendant-appellee, City of Memphis.

Armistead F. Clay, Memphis, for defendant-appellee, Memphis Publishing Co.

Dale Woodall, Memphis, for defendant-appellee, Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce & Downtown Assn.

Edward L. Welch, Edwardsville, Ill., for defendant-appellee, National Alliance of Postal & Federal Employees.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court February 13, 1978.

CARNEY, Presiding Judge.

The Plaintiff below, Charles Quitman Stephens, brought suit against the several Defendants to recover rewards offered by them for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King was shot to death from ambush at the Loraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.

The Chancellor found that the rewards offered...

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