Tyler Commercial College v. Lattimore

WILLSON, O. J.

(after stating the facts as above).

It is the law that (quoting from 17 R. C. L. 341) “a communication made in good faith on any subject-matter in which the person communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, even though it contains matter which, without this privilege, would be actionable, and although, the duty is not a legal one, but only a moral or social duty of imperfect obligation.”

Appellants insist it appeared that the occasion of Roberts’ writing the alleged libelous…