JACOBS v. UNDERWOOD


484 S.W.2d 855 (1972)

William C. JACOBS, Appellant, v. Thomas R. UNDERWOOD, Jr., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. R. Patterson, Jr., Landrum & Patterson, Lexington, for appellant.

Richard M. Compton, Todd, Compton & Odell, Lexington, for appellee.


OSBORNE, Justice.

This appeal is from a summary judgment entered in the Fayette Circuit Court dismissing the action which had been instituted by the appellant, William C. Jacobs, an attorney, against the appellee Thomas Underwood. Appellant brought this action against appellee for defamation of character arising out of certain statements made during the course of a city commission meeting held in Lexington, Kentucky, in the month of September 1970. Appellant attended...

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