Legal Opinion
Denton Publishing Company v. Boyd
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 2, 1970No. B-1937PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Our former opinion of July 29, 1970, in this cause is withdrawn, our judgment of that date is withdrawn, and the following opinion is substituted therefor: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 of law, instructed the jury that the plaintiff was entitled to at least some damages, and submitted only an issue on the amount of the…
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