ASSOC, TELE. DIRECTORY v. BETTER BUS. BUR.

No. 13-85-403-CV.

710 S.W.2d 190 (1986)

ASSOCIATED TELEPHONE DIRECTORY PUBLISHERS, INC., Appellant, v. BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OF AUSTIN, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Dodson, Cox, Dodson & Bjorum, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

David H. Donaldson, Jr., Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Austin, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and KENNEDY and DORSEY, JJ.


OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

Appellant brought suit for libel, complaining that John Etchieson, president of appellee corporation, libeled appellant by referring to appellant's solicitation techniques as "phony invoicing." The trial court granted appellee's motion for summary judgment. We reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand for a trial.1

Appellee's motion for summary judgment argued that:

[T]he May...

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