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MISSISSIPPI PUB. CORP. v. MURPHREE

No. 234.

326 U.S. 438 (1946)

66 S.Ct. 242

90 L.Ed. 185

MISSISSIPPI PUBLISHING CORP. v. MURPHREE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 2, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Watkins, with whom Messrs. P.H. Eager, Jr., E.C. Brewer and Mrs. Elizabeth Hulen were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Rufus Creekmore, with whom Messrs. W.E. Gore and H.H. Creekmore were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent, a resident of the northern district of Mississippi, brought this suit in the district court for that district against petitioner, a Delaware corporation having an office and place of business in the southern district of Mississippi, to recover damages for libel published in the southern district. The suit was begun by service of summons in the southern...

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