Hajek v. Bill Mowbray Motors, Inc.

Bill Mowbray Motors, Inc. sued James Hajek for libel and sought a temporary injunction to prevent Hajek from driving his vehicle in the community with a defamatory message painted on all four sides that Mowbray Motors sold him a “lemon.” The trial court granted the temporary injunction and the court of appeals affirmed. 645 S.W.2d 827. We reverse the judgments of the courts below and dissolve the temporary injunction.

We must address a preliminary question of this Court’s jurisdiction. Prior to 1981, the temporary injunction appeal statute specifically provided, “Such case may be heard in the…