Ballinger v. Democrat Co.

I. Appellant is the divorced wife of Rodney Ballinger. Her husband- commenced an action for divorce in 1917. Decree was entered November 3, 1923, granting a divorce to appellant upon her cross-petition. The ground for divorce charged in the husband’s petition was cruel and inhuman treatment. An account of the divorce proceedings, which gave a brief history thereof, stating that the petition charged appellant with infidelity, was published in The Evening Democrat, a paper published by appellee. Some months later, this action, which is based upon the article referred to-, was commenced by…