MARY L. SHEARER, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN C. SHEARER, APPELLANT,
v.
BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY WORKERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF AMERICA, APPELLEE

D.C. Cir. | 1961-02-09
No. 15937
Before Mr. Justice Burton, retired, and Edgerton and Prettyman, Circuit Judges.
294 F.2d 235 United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (1961)
Cited by 7 cases

Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court dismissing a complaint in a civil action. The question is whether under Section 101, Title 12, of the District of Columbia Code (1951),1 a right of action for libel survives the death of the alleged libelee. We agree with the District Court that it does not.

Affirmed.

. 31 Stat. 1227 (1901), amended, 62 Stab 487 (1948).


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