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PEAY v. CURTIS PUB. CO.

Civil Action No. 958-48.

78 F.Supp. 305 (1948)

PEAY v. CURTIS PUB. CO. et al.

District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

June 7, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund L. Jones, of Washington, D. C., for defendants, for the motion.

Alvin L. Newmyer, Jr., of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff, opposed.

HOLTZOFF, Justice.

This is an action for libel brought by Muriel M. Peay, against the Curtis Publishing Company, the publishers of a magazine known as "The Saturday Evening Post." The offending material consists of an article published in The Saturday Evening Post entitled "Never Give a Passenger a Break." Its author is joined as a co-defendant. The article is a satire on taxicab drivers in Washington, D. C. Its substance is more fully summarized in the opinion of...

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