Legal Opinion

Parr v. Thompson

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided February 20, 1907PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of Duval County. Tried below before Hon. Stanley Welch.

1Opinion of the Court

FLY, Associate Justice.

This is a suit instituted by appellant against Oscar Thompson and D. Sullivan, to recover damages resulting from the uttering and speaking of certain false, malicious, defamatory and slanderous words. It was alleged in the petition that appellant was a resident of Duval County and engaged in the business of raising, buying and selling cattle and other livestock, that he had a good reputation for honesty and integrity up to about December 25, 1904, when Daniel Sullivan, intending to injure appellant’s character and' reputation and to ruin and destroy his business, in the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Raleigh & Heidenheimer Bros. v. CookTexas Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Pool v. PickettTexas Supreme Court · 1852
  3. Henderson v. KissamTexas Supreme Court · 1852

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Woods v. HaeferCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933
  2. Newton v. Rhoads Bros.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1928

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