Perry v. Donaho

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

Dewitt T. Perry, a resident of Bexar County, was sued by W. M. Donaho in Wilson County for damages for libel. Perry’s plea of privilege was overruled and he has appealed.

Donaho alleged that he was the manager of an association of milk producers and that Perry, who had resigned from the association because of disagreement with policies of its management, wrote letters to-members of the association in which he represented that Donaho had stolen and embezzled funds of the association. Perry wrote a series of ten letters to said members. The principal purpose stated in…