Legal Opinion
Chase v. Daily Record, Inc.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 25, 1973No. 42664PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFinley, J.
This action concerns an order of the Kittitas County Superior Court granting a motion of the defendant/respondent newspaper, The Daily Record, for summary judgment dismissing a libel action instituted by the plaintiff/appellant, Willard Chase.
The facts of the instant case are as follows: In the spring of 1971, the appellant, Willard Chase, was a commissioner for the Kittitas County Port District. Pursuant to a state audit of the port district, Chase was requested to make “repayment” of certain sums to the port district upon the basis that he had allegedly received reimbursement from the port…
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