CONKWRIGHT v. GLOBE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY

No. 4020.

398 S.W.2d 385 (1965)

William F. CONKWRIGHT, Appellant, v. GLOBE NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

November 12, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Lasof, Caldwell & Hurst, Houston, for appellant.

Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Jack Binion and Tom Alexander, Houston, Folley, Snodgrass, Calhoun & Kolius, V. G. Kolius, Amarillo, for appellee.


GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

William F. Conkwright sued the Globe News Publishing Company in Harris County for damages alleged to have been caused by libel. The defendant's plea of privilege to be sued in Potter County, where it maintains its legal residence, was sustained and the cause was ordered transferred to Potter County. Conkwright has appealed.

On the hearing of the plea of privilege Conkwright proved only that the defendant stated in its newspaper that...

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