F. L. Brown v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company

Appellant (plaintiff) filed this suit in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, on February 14, 1961, claiming he was libeled and damaged by a letter written by appellee (defendant). The action was removed to the United States District Court, Western District of Missouri. Concededly, the letter was addressed to a third person, was written by appellee on April 16, 1958, and was not discovered or seen by appellant until November, 1959. The district court granted appellee’s motion for a summary judgment and dismissed appellant’s complaint with prejudice on the ground that appellant’s…