Allison v. Mennonite Publications Board

■GOURLEY, Chief Judge.

It appears that on August 12, 1953, the plaintiffs, citizens of Missouri, instituted the above action against the .Mennonite Publication Board, an Indiana corporation, doing business under the name of the Mennonite Publishing House, at Scottdale, Pennsylvania, in the Western District of Pennsylvania. 'The plaintiffs’ Complaint alleged that in ■June, August, and October of 1952, the defendant printed, published, and distributed throughout the United States 10,500 copies of a book entitled, “Life With Life” which contained numerous libelous statements against the…