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BURNS v. BARRY

353 Mass. 115 (1967)

228 N.E.2d 728

WILLIAM E. BURNS vs. EDWARD H. BARRY & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 7, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Fleet Cowden for the plaintiff.

Samuel W. Gaffer, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.

REARDON, J.

This is an action of tort for defamation in three counts brought against various defendants individually and as members of the Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Board) and against an employee of the Board. Two of the defendant members of the Board are deceased, and the plaintiff subsequently waived his exceptions relative to two more.

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