Weaver v. Beneficial Finance Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSnead, J.
Wesley James Weaver, appellant, instituted action on June 8, 1956 against Beneficial Finance Co., Incorporated and R. S. Costigan, appellees, for compensatory and punitive damages in the sum of $50,000 “due to the republication on or about March 21, 1956,” of a certain false, insulting and libelous letter written by appellees to appellant’s employer on February 23, 1955.
Appellees filed a special plea in bar in which they averred that the action was barred by the statute of limitations. Appellant moved to dismiss the plea. The trial court overruled the motion to dismiss, sustained the special…
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