Compania Mexicana Rediodifusora Franteriza v. Spann

ATWELL, District Judge.

Somewhat amplifying, by request, the oral opinion rendered at the conclusion of testimony, I call attention to the fact that this is a suit upon a judgment of a high nisi prius court of the Republic of Mexico, affirmed by an intermediate appellate court, and by the Supreme court of that nation.

Defendant Spann employed a Mexican attorney who instituted suit against the plaintiff in this cause for alleged defamation for $50,000. Spann was cast in that suit by the courts above mentioned. Under the statutes of Mexico, the defendant in that action was granted $6,000 in the…