1. The judgment of the court of first instance is modified as follows.

Defendant 2, August 5, 2014, among the instant lawsuits, was the second defendant in 2014.

1. Basic facts

A. The defendant is a local agricultural cooperative with the aim of increasing the economic, social, and cultural status of its members by enhancing the agricultural productivity of its members, promoting the expansion of markets for agricultural products produced by its members and facilitating their distribution, and providing technology, funds, and information to its members. The plaintiff is the defendant's member.

B. On July 4, 2014, the Plaintiff, along with C, D, E, F, G, and H (hereinafter “Plaintiffs, etc.”) as its members, sent to the Defendant’s auditors a petition stating that “the Defendant’s president and the board of directors of the Plaintiff are suspected of having committed any unlawful business conduct and misconduct, etc., and if necessary, convened a representative general meeting to organize a special audit team or request the Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs to inspect the contents of the petition.” On July 7, 2014, the Defendant’s representatives called “each petition” as “each petition of this case.”

The Republic of Korea sent.

The details of each petition of this case are as shown in the attached Form.

C. The Defendant’s auditors audited the content of each of the instant complaints from July 16, 2014 to July 23, 2014.

C. On August 5, 2014, the Defendant held an extraordinary general meeting to report the result of the audit on the petition filed by the Plaintiff, etc.

At the above special meeting, I and J reported to the effect that the audit results revealed that the contents of each of the instant complaints were not true or that they were merely suspicions without supporting documents.

The report of the auditor presented the opinion that K, L, and M should be responsible for the instant petition to the plaintiff et al., and the representative N shall be the regulation, expulsion, and expulsion of the restoration project to the plaintiff et al.