Moore v. Davis

On March 15,1926, the plaintiff in error, W. 5. Moore, was appointed district judge of the Sixteenth judicial district of Texas to serve until the next election. He became a candidate at the following Democratic Primary election in July and was defeated by Judge Alvin C. Owsley. During the progress of the campaign, the defendant, W. O. Davis, who was a practicing attorney, of the district, caused to be published in the newspapers of Denton and Cooke counties, Tex., the counties comprising said district, the following matter alleged by the plaintiff to be libelous.

“ ‘W. S. Moore seems to think…