BILLINGTON v. HOUSTON FIRE & CASUALTY INS. CO.

No. 15086.

226 S.W.2d 494 (1950)

BILLINGTON v. HOUSTON FIRE & CASUALTY INS. CO.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lattimore, Couch & Lattimore and Hal M. Lattimore, all of Fort Worth, for appellant.

Cantey, Hanger, Johnson, Scarborough & Gooch, J. A. Gooch and Charles L. Stephens, all of Fort Worth, for appellee.


McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a slander suit. Appellant, who was the plaintiff in the court below, appeals from an instructed verdict in favor of the defendant.

In the petition on which plaintiff went to trial it was alleged that certain words were spoken, the words being enclosed within quotation marks. There was no pleading of innuendo, nor was there any pleading of special damage. Two principal questions are presented on appeal. The first is whether...

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