Lathrop v. Sundberg

Citations

• 62 Wash. 136
• 113 P. 574
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 660

Syllabus

<p>LlBEL AND SLANDER' — DEFENSES—VIOLATION OF STATUTE. An OSteopath cannot recover damages for a libel characterizing him as a quack and charlatan, where it appears from his testimony that he was practicing osteopathy in violation of the laws of the state making it a misdemeanor to maintain an office with his name and the word “Doctor” in public view.</p> <p>Same — Right to Maintain Action. One illegally advertising as a doctor cannot maintain an action for libel on the theory that he had a common law right to practice osteopathy.</p> <p>Same — Complaint—Issues and Proof. Under a complaint for libel in charging an osteopath with being a quack and a charlatan, it cannot be claimed that the publication was of and concerning osteopathy as a profession, and that the damage resulted to the plaintiff as a member of that profession.</p>