MacRae v. Afro-American Company

GRIM, District Judge.

In this libel action plaintiff has a verdict in her favor in the sum of $50,000 against defendant, a newspaper publisher. Defendant’s motion for judgment in its favor or in the alternative for a new trial presents the question now before the court.

A newspaper article in defendant’s newspaper in reference to the death of plaintiff’s daughter, who was a student at Barnard College in New York City, constitutes the alleged defamatory statement. The article is:

“Lincoln dean’s daughter buried.

“Oxford, Pa.— Mary J. MacRae, who died from gas poisoning, was buried Friday from…