Earl Winston Jameson v. Wilson L. Du Comb

SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

The complaint of Earl Winston Jame-son, plaintiff, filed November 12, 1958 in the district court, sought damages from defendant, William L. DuComb, for libelous statements alleged to have been made by defendant in regard to plaintiff, a guide and big game hunter in the Province of Alberta, Canada. An answer having been filed to the complaint on January 2, 1959, a pretrial hearing was held on April 27, 1959, at which time the cause was set for trial on September 8, 1959 and an entry on the docket read “No further notice of trial setting will be given”.

On September…