VENN v. TENNESSEAN NEWSPAPERS, INC.

Civ. No. 2469.

201 F.Supp. 47 (1962)

Robert G. VENN, Plaintiff v. TENNESSEAN NEWSPAPERS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

Supplemental Memorandum January 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caruthers Ewing, Memphis, Tenn., and J. Vaulx Crockett of Stockell, Rutherford & Crockett, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Cecil Sims and Frank C. Gorrell, of Bass, Berry & Sims, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant.


WILLIAM E. MILLER, Chief Judge.

This action was brought by plaintiff, a citizen and resident of Miami, Florida, to recover compensatory and punitive damages on account of the publication by defendant, a Tennessee corporation, of certain allegedly libelous newspaper articles.

Jurisdictional prerequisites are satisfied by the diversity of citizenship of the parties and the requisite jurisdictional amount. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332.

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