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BRAND v. CASSO

No. 13-86-422-CV.

742 S.W.2d 726 (1987)

Othal E. BRAND, Appellant, v. Ramiro CASSO, M.D., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied December 31, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. Allee, Edinburg, for appellant.

R.A. Vidaurri, Edinburg, for appellee.

Before DORSEY, UTTER and SEERDEN, JJ.

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

A summary judgment was granted in this defamation action in favor of the defendant, Dr. Ramiro Casso. The action arose from statements allegedly made by Dr. Casso concerning Othal Brand, plaintiff below, during an election in which the parties were opposing candidates for the office of Mayor of the City of McAllen, Texas.

Mayor Brand, the incumbent, alleged in his petition that Dr. Casso made several false statements about...

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