Buckwalter v. Gossow

The opinion of t¿e court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

The plaintiff sued the defendants for libel. The defendants in their answer alleged that they constitute the board of trustees of a church organization, and as such investigated charges against the plaintiff, who was a member' of the church, and as such trustees passed a resolution dismissing her from such membership; that they caused the clerk of the board to send her a letter enclosed in a sealed envelope and addressed to her, informing her of the action of the board and that she was dismissed “for conduct unbecoming a Christian lady.”

Upon…