Crites v. Mullins

OPINION

NYE, Chief Justice.

Appellant brought this suit to recover damages for allegedly defamatory state ments. Appellant’s pleadings charged that appellee circulated by a telephone “News Line,” and printed in a newspaper, false statements about appellant. The trial court rendered summary judgment that appellant take nothing.

Appellant alleged that:

At all times, relevant to this case, Ap-pellee was the owner and publisher of The Toast of The Coast Herald, a weekly newspaper published in Rockport, Aran-sas County, Texas, and circulated in Ar-ansas County and other surrounding counties. Appellant…