Thompson v. Duncan

J. L. Duncan sued J. T. Thompson, E. B. Tunnell, E. L. Fowler, and B. M. Fowler, residents of Van Zandt county, for damages for libel and slander, alleging that the defendants combined and conspired to defame his character, and that, in furtherance of the conspiracy, defendant Thompson uttered the slanderous words and published the libelous matter, of which complaint is made.

Defendants filed separate pleas of privilege, which were contested by plaintiff, the material allegations of his contesting affidavit being that: “Said J. L. Duncan states, on oath, that the facts relied upon to confer…