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Payne v. Capital Transit Co.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Feb 13, 1950
181 F.2d 613 (D.C. Cir. 1950)

Opinion

No. 10152.

Argued January 4, 1950.

Decided February 13, 1950.

Mr. Wesley E. McDonald, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Mr. Howard Boyd, Washington, D.C., with whom Mr. Paul R. Connolly, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, PROCTOR and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


This appeal from the District Court in a suit for slander raises a question as to the court's action in directing a verdict for defendant (appellee) upon the ground that the alleged defamatory utterance was made under the protection of qualified privilege.

In our opinion the record clearly supports the ruling of the trial court.

We also think the court acted well within its discretion in refusing to delay the trial to await the appearance of a proposed witness for the plaintiff (appellant), especially so, when, in acting upon the motion for a directed verdict, the judge considered a proffer by counsel of expected testimony from such witness. The judgment is

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Payne v. Capital Transit Co.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
Feb 13, 1950
181 F.2d 613 (D.C. Cir. 1950)
Case details for

Payne v. Capital Transit Co.

Case Details

Full title:PAYNE v. CAPITAL TRANSIT CO

Court:United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Date published: Feb 13, 1950

Citations

181 F.2d 613 (D.C. Cir. 1950)
86 U.S. App. D.C. 172

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