Interstate Transit Lines v. Crane

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought in the District Court of Second Judicial District of the State of Colorado by H. D. Crane as plaintiff against the Interstate Transit Lines as defendant to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by him on account of an alleged libel occasioned by defendant. It was in due course removed for trial to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Colorado.

The parties when not specifically named by reference will be referred to in the order in which they appeared in the trial court.

At close of all the evidence motion on part…