[501]. Only part of the opinion is given.
[502]. Criticism of member of congregation in a sermon. Hassett v. Carroll, 85 Conn. 23.
Statement by clergyman to congregation as to conduct of a trustee. Everett v. DeLong, 144 Ill. App. 496.
[503]. The arguments of counsel and the concurring opinions of Lopes and Kay, L.JJ., are omitted.
[504]. Bohlinger v. Germania Ins. Co., 100 Ark. 477; Gambrill v. Schooley, 93 Md. 48 Accord. See Central R. Co. v. Jones, 18 Ga. App. 414. But the dictation of a defamatory letter by a lawyer to his clerk and the copying of it by another clerk in the regular course of serving his clients, although a publication, is, nevertheless, privileged. Boxsius v. Goblet, [1894] 1 Q. B. 842. And the authority of Pullman v. Hill is greatly weakened by Edmonson v. Birch, [1907] 1 K. B. 371, which treats as privileged the dictation of a defamatory letter by a company through one of its officers to a stenographer, and Roff v. British Chemical Co., [1918] 2 K. B. 277 (letter passed through the hands of two clerks of addressee). See to the same effect Owen v. Ogilvie Co., 32 App. Div. 465.
Exchange of letters by mistake whereby privileged letter goes to wrong person. See Tompson v. Dashwood, 11 Q. B. D. 43; Hebditch v. McIlwaine, [1894] 2 Q. B. 54, 61.
A defamatory statement true of A. but published concerning B., by mistake, will support an action by B. Shepheard v. Whitaker, L. R. 10 C. P. 502; Taylor v. Hearst, 107 Cal. 262; Griebel v. Rochester Co., 60 Hun, 319. But see, contra, Hanson v. Globe Co., supra, 665 (Holmes, Morton, and Barker, JJ., dissenting).
Compare Brett v. Watson, 20 W. R. 723; Fox v. Broderick, 14 Ir. C. L. R. 453, 459; Loibl v. Breidenbach, 78 Wis. 49.
[505]. The concurring opinions of Bramwell and Brett, L.JJ., and the argument for defendant are omitted.
[506]. Salmon v. Isaac, 20 L. T. Rep. 885; Lawyers Pub. Co. v. West Pub. Co., 32 App. Div. 585; Saunders v. Baxter, 6 Heisk. 369 Accord.