McClure v. Stretch

Jeffers, J. —

This is a libel action instituted in the superior court for King county by Lee McClure and wife against A. J. Stretch and the United Pacific Insurance Company, a corporation, wherein plaintiffs seek to recover damages from defendants because of alleged defamatory statements concerning plaintiff Lee McClure appearing in the complaint in a prior action brought by A. J. Stretch against Lee McClure and Thomas Burroughs.

In view of the fact that the cause is before us on an appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment of dismissal entered after a demurrer to plaintiffs’ complaint had been…