KNIGHT v. PATTERSON

No. 10861.

436 P.2d 801 (1968)

20 Utah 2d 242

James R. KNIGHT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Clyde C. PATTERSON and Ormond Konkle, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Utah.

January 23, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Matt Biljanic, Midvale, for appellant.

Robert V. Phillips, of Patterson, Foley, Phillips & Gridley, Ogden, for respondents.


CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff, James R. Knight, appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his alleged cause of action against defendant, Clyde C. Patterson, an attorney, for slander of plaintiff's character. On the basis of answers to interrogatories, affidavits and depositions the trial court ruled that even accepting the facts as contended by the plaintiff, he could establish no right to recover.

In May, 1963, Patterson and Knight had an oral understanding...

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