Miller v. Gust
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Myers, J., entered January 20, 1912, dismissing an action for libel, on sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment, upon a demurrer to the complaint, dismissing an action for libel. The alleged libelous matter was contained in papers filed in the divorce suit of Gust v. Gust, in the superior court of King county, which was recently reviewed by this court on appeal. Gust v. Gust, 70 Wash. 695, 127 Pac. 292. In that case, the complaint charged adultery between the defendant therein and some woman whose name was not given. Later an affidavit was filed in that case, stating that the woman referred to in the complaint was the plaintiff in the present action.…
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