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· 4/12/1915

Houghton v. Humphries

Citations

  • 85 Wash. 50
  • 147 P. 641
  • 1915 Wash. LEXIS 1253

Syllabus

<p>Libel and Slander — Privilege—Judges. A judge of a court is absolutely exempt from liability in damages for words' of a slanderous nature spoken by bim of one of tbe attorneys in tbe course of a judicial proceeding over wbicb be was presiding.</p>

Judges: Parker

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