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· 9/10/1979

Woodhouse v. Board of Commissioners

Citations

  • 298 N.C. 305
  • 259 S.E.2d 918
  • 1979 N.C. LEXIS 1626

How courts have described this case

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  • finding sufficient evidence to submit to the jury the question of publication
  • court noted, in libel case, that master liable for negligent acts of servants while acting within the scope of their employment
  • “Publication sufficient to sustain common- law defamation is uttering the slanderous words to some third person so as to be heard and understood by such person.”

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