Urban v. Helmick

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gordon, J.

The appellants (plaintiffs in the court below) were at the time of the commencement of this action engaged in the hotel business at Sedro in Skagit county. The respondents, Lovett M. Wood and wife were the owners of the weekly newspaper known as “ The Trade Register,” published at the city of Seattle, of which newspaper said Lovett M. Wood was editor and publisher and the respondent Ackman was associate editor. This action was instituted in the superior court for Skagit county to recover damages which appellants alleged they sustained by…