SOMERVILLE
v.
ACACIA MUT. LIFE INS. CO.
SOMERVILLE
ACACIA MUT. LIFE INS. CO.
149 F.2d 836
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1945)
Positive Treatment
Cited by 6 cases
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
One part of the language on which the plaintiff relied in this action for libel was incapable of a defamatory meaning. The other part was obviously true. Regardless of the defense of privilege, therefore, the District Court was right in directing a verdict for the defendant. Meyerson v. Hurlbut, 68 App.D.C. 360, 362, 98 F. 2d 232, 118 A.L.R. 313; Sullivan v. Meyer, 67 App. D.C. 228, 91 F. 2d 301; cf. Sullivan v. Meyer, 78 U.S.App.D.C. 367, 141 F. 2d 21.
Affirmed
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Citator
Cited By
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Curtis Publ'g Co. v. Vaughan, 278 F.2d 23 (D.C. Cir. 1960)
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Olinger v. Am. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 409 F.2d 142 (D.C. Cir. 1969)
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Williams v. Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith, 185 F.2d 1005 (D.C. Cir. 1950)
Authorities Cited
- Sullivan v. Meyer, 91 F.2d 301 (D.C. Cir. 1937)
- Meyerson v. Hurlbut, 98 F.2d 232 (D.C. Cir. 1938)
- Sullivan v. Meyer, 141 F.2d 21 (D.C. Cir. 1944)