Title: JOHNSON v. INGLIS
Citation: 123 P.2d 275, 190 Okla. 319, 1942 OK 79
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: February 17, 1942

JOHNSON v. INGLIS Annotate this Case JOHNSON v. INGLIS 1942 OK 79 123 P.2d 275 190 Okla. 319 Case Number: 30332 Decided: 02/17/1942 Supreme Court of Oklahoma JOHNSON v. INGLIS Syllabus ¶0 LIBEL AND SLANDER--Petition alleging defendant made certain slanderous statements about plaintiff to police officer stated cause of action since such statements only qualifiedly privileged. A petition alleging that defendant made slanderous statements about plaintiff to a police officer, and seeking damage therefor, states a cause of action, the defendant's defense of privilege being a defense depending upon the evidence. Statements made by a citizen to an officer of the law imputing involvement of a person in a crime are only qualifiedly privileged. Appeal from District Court, Oklahoma County; Frank P. Douglass, Judge. Action in damages by E. R. Johnson against Laurens H. Inglis. From a judgment for the plaintiff and the order of the court thereon setting aside and vacating the judgment, plaintiff appeals, Reversed and remanded, with directions. B. M. Parmenter, of Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error. John W. Hayson, of Oklahoma City, for defendant in error. PER CURIAM. ¶1 The petition in the case at bar and the record are similar in all respects to that in Johnson v. Inglis, 190 Okla. 316 , 123 P.2d 272 , decided this day, and the opinion and directions to the trial court in that cause are hereby adopted as the opinion and directions in this cause. ¶2 Reversed and remanded, with directions. ¶3 WELCH, C. J., and RILEY, OSBORN, BAYLESS, HURST, DAVISON, and ARNOLD, JJ., concur. CORN, V. C. J., and GIBSON, J., absent.