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FISHER v. WASHINGTON POST COMPANY

No. 3697.

212 A.2d 335 (1965)

P. Harrison FISHER, t/a Fisher Galleries, Appellant, v. The WASHINGTON POST COMPANY, a corporation, and Leslie Judd Ahlander, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 21, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark P. Friedlander, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mark P. Friedlander, Blaine P. Friedlander, Washington, D. C., and Harry P. Friedlander, Arlington, Va., were on the brief, for appellant.

William R. Glendon, Washington, D. C., with whom Roger A. Clark, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.

QUINN, Associate Judge:

Appellant is the owner of a local art gallery. In the spring of 1963 he planned an exhibition of paintings by the artist Irving Amen and he sent a letter to appellee Ahlander, art critic for appellee Washington Post, asking her to review the show. Subsequently, on May 19, 1963, the following paragraph appeared in Mrs. Ahlander's column:

"The Fisher Galleries are showing about 20 oils by the noted printmaker, Irving Amen. The paintings...

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