Lee v. Peek

Bussey, Justice.

This action for libel, wherein plaintiff seeks to recover damages in the amount of five million dollars, was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville County against the NAACP, the South Carolina Conference of NAACP Branches, the Anderson Branch of the NAACP, and six individuals who reside in Anderson County, including the three respondents here, process being'served on May *20525, 1959. The respondents promptly retained the services of H. C. Miller, an attorney at Anderson, who on May 28 filed a motion for change of venue to Anderson County, the notice commencing as…