Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co. v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment on verdict in a suit for libel. Statement of the Case. This is an action for libel brought by Samuel B. Davis against the Norfolk and Washington, D. C., Steamboat Company. The alleged libel is contained in a letter written by John Callahan, the general superintendent of the defendant company, in reply to a letter from K. C. Murray.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment on verdict in a suit for libel. Statement of the Case. This is an action for libel brought by Samuel B. Davis against the Norfolk and Washington, D. C., Steamboat Company. The alleged libel is contained in a letter written by John Callahan, the general superintendent of the defendant company, in reply to a letter from K. C. Murray. The letter of Murray, to which that of Callahan was a reply, was as follows: Editoral rooms, Norfolk Landmark. Norfolk, Va., August 21si, 1893. The Hon. John Callahan. My Dear Sir: I very much regret to hear…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Alvey
This action is brought for an alleged libel published by the authority of the defendant, the present appellant, against *321the appellee, the plaintiff in the court below. The libel complained of is contained in a letter written by John Callahan to K. C. Murray, dated August 23,1893. It was in reply to a letter of Murray, written from Norfolk, Va., and dated August 21, 1893, that the letter of Callahan was written. These two letters will be found set out in full by the reporter, in the prefatory statement of this case.
It appears that the defendant is a corporation and was, in 1893, operating a…
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