Spohr v. Smith

The plaintiff appeals from an order sustaining the defendants’ demurrers to his amended declaration in an action of tort for libel. The alleged libel was a letter instigated by one defendant and signed by the other as chairman of the Board of Registration of Architects (the board). The letter said that the board “has been advised” of a contract by the plaintiff to remodel an old police station, that “such a program is without question an architectural project and you are acting illegally in undertaking such a commission,” and that the board and the Board of Registration of Professional…