Legal Opinion
Renfro Drug Co. v. Lawson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided September 27, 1940No. 2018PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FUNDERBURK, Justice.
A. R. Lawson, a resident of Stephens County, sued Renfro Drug Company, .a corporation, having its residence in Travis County, Texas, to recover damages for the alleged publication and circulation by 'means of sale and offering for sale, at a news stand in its drug store, copies of a magazine containing pictures and an article constituting a libel of Louise Lawson, a deceased daughter of plaintiff. The defendant duly filed plea of privilege, which was controverted on the ground that the suit was one for libel and that the plaintiff was a resident of Stephens County, the…
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