SCHULZE v. COYKENDALL

No. 47,825

218 Kan. 653 (1976)

545 P.2d 392

E. GENE SCHULZE, Appellant, v. RICHARD COYKENDALL, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed January 24, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Forsyth, of Erie, argued the cause, and Clark M. Fleming, of Erie, was with him on the brief for appellant.

J.D. Conderman, of Iola, argued the cause, and Robert V. Talkington, also of Iola, was with him on the brief for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FROMME, J.:

This is an appeal from an order granting a summary judgment for defendant in an action for libel and for slander.

The plaintiff, E. Gene Schulze, was principal of the elementary school in Humboldt, Kansas. The defendant, Richard Coykendall, was a patron of the school district. The plaintiff filed his petition setting forth 13 slanderous statements alleged to have been made by the "defendant in the...

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