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BENNETT v. SEIMILLER

Nos. 39,186 and 39,217

175 Kan. 764 (1954)

267 P.2d 926

JOHN T. BENNETT, THOMAS W.S. CLAY, HARVEY H. STROBEL, and BEN F. CRAIG, Appellees and Cross-appellants, v. P.L. SEIMILLER, Appellant and Cross-appellee, and GRAND LODGE OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 6, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Hickey, Jr., of Washington, D.C., argued the cause, and Robert L. NeSmith, Justus H. Fugate, and Charles D. Anderson, all of Wichita, and Clarence M. Mulholland and William G. Mahoney, both of Washington, D.C., were with him on the briefs for the appellant and cross-appellee, and for the Grand Lodge of the International Association of Machinists, appellee.

L.M. Kagey, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Max L. Hamilton, and D.G. Hamilton, both of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellees and cross-appellants.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

WEDELL, J.:

This is an action by members of a local labor union to recover actual and punitive damages from an agent, a representative of the Grand Lodge of the International Association of Machinists, an unincorporated association of individuals, and from such Grand Lodge, for alleged slanderous statements made by its agent.

Appeals have been perfected by both plaintiffs and defendants from rulings on defendants...

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