Rankin v. Phillippe

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County denying a motion to take off the compulsory nonsuit granted the defendants-appellees, Rev. William Phillippe, Rev. John Magill and Richard Messmer, in a trespass for libel action brought by James L. Rankin, the plaintiff-appellant.

The appellant is a member of the bar of Delaware County and an ordained elder of the Third Presbyterian Church of Chester, Pennsylvania. The appellees were appointed by the Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America as members of…