Brown v. Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance

SIMONS, District Judge.

This action was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Lexington County, South Carolina, by service of a Summons and Complaint dated January 14, 1964, and was duly removed to this Court on the ground of diversity of citizenship. The action is for an alleged slanderous statement made of the plaintiff by an agent of the defendant; the Answer denies the allegation.

The case was set for trial for the term of Court commencing November 30, 1964, at a roster meeting held on November 20, 1964. At the sounding of the roster at the beginning of Court on November 30, this case…