Court Opinion

ID: 7902508
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-08 21:57:09.32153+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:32:18.400509
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Dawson, J.
(dissenting) : The words were slanderous and the petition was good as against a demurrer. (Henicke v. Griffith, 29 Kan. 516; Hess v. Sparks, 44 Kan. 465, 24 Pac. 979; The State v. Grinstead, 62 Kan. 593, 64 Pac. 49; Grubb v. Elder, 67 Kan. 316, 72 Pac. 790; Bashford v. Wells, 78 Kan. 295, 96 Pac. 663; Cooper v. Seaverns, 81 Kan. 267, 105 Pac. 509; Gano v. Cunningham, 88 Kan. 300, 128 Pac. 372; Neosho County v. Spearman, 89 Kan. 106, 130 Pac. 677; Brock v. Francis, 89 Kan. 463, 473, 131 Pac. 1179; Roberts v. Pendleton, 92 Kan. 847, 142 Pac. 289; Martin v. The Picayune, 115 La. 979, 40 South. 376; Julian v. Kansas City Star Co., 209 Mo. 35, 107 S. W. 496; Hutchins v. Page, 75 N. H. 215, 72 Atl. 689; Hayes v. Press Co., 127 Pa. St. 642, 18 Atl. 331; Odgers on Libel and Slander, 1st Am. ed., p. 95.) I therefore dissent.
West, J.: I join in this dissent.
Marshall, J., concurs in the dissent.