Snavely v. Booth

Layton, C. J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

The tort complained of is the publication of the letter which is supposed to contain matter defamatory of the plaintiff in his profession as an educator. The sufficiency of the cause of action is attacked by demurrer.

The declaration discloses that, at the time of the publication, the plaintiff was superintendent of the public schools of a special school district, which position he had held for some years. The individual defendants were three of the four members of the board of education of the district. A number of cases of pregnancy in the…