WASHINGTON POST CO. v. CHALONER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wilton J. Lambert and Mr. Joseph W. Bailey, with whom Mr. R.H. Yeatman was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. E.F. Colladay and Mr. Sidney J. Dudley, with whom Mr. H.S. Barger was on the briefs, for respondent, cited the following in support of the contention that the words are actionable per se: Washington Times v. Downey, 26 App. D.C. 258; Taylor v. Casey, 1 Minor (Ala.), 258; Culmer v. Canby, 101 Fed. Rep. 195; Raymond v. United States, 25 App. D.C. 555; Herrick v. Tribune Co., 108 Ill.App. 244; Atwill v. Mackintosh, 120 Massachusetts, 177; Williams v. Fuller, 68 Nebraska, 362; Morse v. Times Republican Printing Co., 124 Iowa, 707; Weeks v. News Publishing Co., 117 Maryland, 126; Woolworth v. Star Company, 90 N.Y.S. 147; 97 App. Div. 525; Belo v. Fuller, 84 Texas, 450; 17 Ruling Case Law, § 53; Pollard v. Lyon, 91 U.S. 225; Peck v. Tribune Company, 214 U.S. 185.

Mr. John Armstrong Chaloner, the respondent, filed a separate document.