West Texas Utilities Co. v. Wills

McClendon, chief justice.

Appeal in a suit for slander from a final judgment upon a special issue verdict in favor of Wills (appellee) and against Utilities (West Texas Utilities Company, appellant) for $852 actual and $300 exemplary damages.

The case was before us in a former appeal from an order overruling a plea of privilege. 135 S.W.2d 138. A careful examination of the statement of facts discloses that the evidence upon the two appeals was in substance largely the same; and since a very full and accurate statement of the material evidence is given in Associate Justice Blair’s opinion on the…