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CHRISTY v. STAUFFER PUBLICATIONS, INC.

No. 7804.

431 S.W.2d 54 (1968)

Vern E. CHRISTY, Appellant, v. STAUFFER PUBLICATIONS, INC., et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwards & Brackett, Lubbock, for appellant, James R. Edwards, Lubbock, of counsel.

Simpson, Adkins, Fullingim & Hankins, Amarillo, for appellees, A. B. Hankins, Amarillo, of counsel.

DENTON, Chief Justice.

Summary judgment was rendered for Stauffer Publications, Inc., and Bob Izzard, defendants below, in a suit by Vern E. Christy for libel in connection with a televised newscast.

The suit was based upon a television newscast on station KGNC at Amarillo at 10:10 p. m. on the night of August 17, 1966, relating to an armed robbery of a Safeway store in that city at approximately 5:15 p. m. that day. Bob Izzard, news director of appellee broadcasting...

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