Franklin W. Durgin, Catherine Durgin, and Orpha Durgin v. John T. Graham, M. Smith Burns, B. Clarke Nichols, and Lindsay Newspapers,inc.

This suit for libel was instituted in the Federal District Court against the individual defendants, appellees here. Jurisdiction is pegged on diversity and the cause of action arises from a series of incidents involving the Sarasota Juvenile Court (appellees John T. Graham and M. Smith Burns, judge and chief counselor, respectively), the Assistant State Attorney (appellee B. Clarke Nichols), and the Publisher of the Sarasota Herald Tribune (appellee Lindsa ■ Newspapers, Inc.). The record reveals that despite the patience of several district court judges, appellants have declined to appear…