Lee v. Peek

240 S.C. 203 (1962)

125 S.E.2d 353

Davis LEE, Appellant,

v.

W.I. PEEK, Willa Mae Peek and Rev. E.N. Bates, Respondents.

17904

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 1, 1962.

Davis Lee, pro se., of Anderson, Appellant.

H.C. Miller, Esq., of Anderson, for Respondents.

May 1, 1962.

BUSSEY, Justice.

This action for libel, wherein plaintiff seeks to recover damages in the amount of five million dollars, was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville County against the NAACP, the South Carolina Conference of NAACP Branches, the Anderson Branch of the NAACP, and six individuals who reside in Anderson…