Bass v. Matthews

Citations

• 69 Wash. 214
• 124 P. 384
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 875

Syllabus

<p>Libel and Slander—Privileged Communication—Church Proceedings—Report oe Committee as Malice. A church committee’s report upon an investigation of a minister who desired to be called, made according to the established rules of the church of which the minister was a member, is absolutely privileged, whether it contains matter libelous per se or not; and when on its face it shows that it was made in good faith, it disproves malice.</p>