Democrat Publishing Co. v. Jones

TABLTOK, Judge,

¡Section B.—February 2,1888, the appellee F. B. Jones instituted this suit in the District Court of Dallas County against Thdmas Witten and the Democrat Publishing Company, the latter as the owner and publisher of the Fort Worth Daily Gazette. The suit was subsequently discontinued as to Witten. The plaintiff sought to recover the sum of $15,000 as general damages, and the sum of $2000 as special damages, on account of the publication on July 18, 1887, in the newspaper named, of the following alleged libellous matter:

“he didn’t come back.

“Yesterday morning a well dressed…