Evans v. Houston Printing Corp.

GRAVES, Justice.

This was an action for damages for alleged libel, brought by appellant, Thomas E. Evans, as plaintiff, against appellee, the Houston Printing Corporation, as defendant, arising out of the publication by ap-pellee of two articles in its newspaper, The Houston Post, on August 8, and 9, 1946, respectively; judgment was rendered for ap-pellee, upon appellee’s motion for judgment, after the jury had been discharged without reaching agreement.

Such judgment was based upon the trial court’s conclusion that an instructed verdict should have been granted, because, under the undisputed…