STEWART v. ENTERPRISE COMPANY

No. 6781.

393 S.W.2d 372 (1965)

Alton STEWART, Appellant, v. The ENTERPRISE COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Fulbright, Beaumont, for appellant.

Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, for appellee.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

This is an action for libel. Trial was by jury and judgment was instructed for defendant at the close of plaintiff's testimony. The parties will be referred to here as they were in the trial court.

This action arises out of an article which was published by defendant in the Beaumont Enterprise newspaper January 1st, 1963. A part of such article read as follows:

"ARRESTS END CRIME SURGE "12 Burglaries, Felony and Misdemeanor...

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