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HORNBY v. HUNTER

No. 81.

385 S.W.2d 473 (1964)

Harry P. HORNBY, Jr., Individually and d/b/a The Uvalde Leader-News, Appellant, v. Curtis P. HUNTER, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied December 31, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Mobley, of Kleberg, Mobley, Lockett & Weil, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

William Brode Mobley, Jr., Corpus Christi, for appellee.

NYE, Justice.

This is a libel suit on appeal from an order overruling a plea of privilege. The appellee Curtis H. Hunter instituted this suit against Harry P. Hornby, Jr., the appellant, individually and d/b/a The Uvalde Leader-News, for damages, alleging that he had been libelled by the publication of an article in the Uvalde Leader-News, a newspaper published bi-weekly by the appellant. Hunter is a resident of Nueces County, Texas, and the appellant is a resident...

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