DENTON PUBLISHING COMPANY v. BOYD

No. B-1937.

460 S.W.2d 881 (1970)

DENTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. D. B. BOYD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied January 6, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Minor & Knight, Robert Weldon Knight, Denton, Brown, Herman, Scott, Young & Dean, A. M. Herman and J. Shelby Sharpe, Fort Worth, for petitioner.

Coleman, Whitten & Philips, Michael J. Whitten and William P. Phillips, Jr., Denton, for respondent.


GREENHILL, Justice.

Our former opinion of July 29, 1970, in this cause is withdrawn, our judgment of that date is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor:

Plaintiff D. B. Boyd sued the Denton Publishing Company alleging he was libeled in a newspaper report of a Denton City Council meeting published by defendant in the Denton Record-Chronicle the day following the council meeting. The trial court held the statement was libelous as a matter...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases