Ott v. Press Publishing Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Iíuneke, J., entered February 13, 1905, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for libel.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
Appellants, who are husband and wife, were, on April 12, 1904, and for some time prior thereto had been, engaged in the business of conducting an employment agency in the city of Spokane. On said date respondent, being the owner and publisher of the Spokane Press, a daily newspaper in said city, published an article relative to appellants’ business, which article they claimed to be libelous, and this action was brought to recover damages resulting therefrom. It would not serve any needful purpose to reproduce the article in this opinion. The trial court held the words therein contained, if…
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