EASLEY v. EXPRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY

No. 13098.

299 S.W.2d 782 (1957)

Ralph V. EASLEY, Appellant, v. EXPRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schweppe, Schweppe & Allison, San Antonio, for appellant.

Denman, Franklin & Denman, Carl Wright Johnson, Nat L. Hardy, San Antonio, for appellee.


POPE, Justice.

Plaintiff, Ralph V. Easley, refused to amend his petition after the trial court sustained special exceptions to his allegations of a newspaper libel, and the trial court dismissed the suit. The narrow issue on this appeal is whether the petition alleges words of defamation. Because the case was dismissed after sustaining exceptions, the question is one of law. The court never reached the questions of fact nor the defenses to the libel charged.

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