A. H. Belo & Co. v. Wren
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. E. B. Turner. c Suit begun in the district court of Travis county, February 7, 1880, b.y Wren, the appellee, against A. H. Belo, J. J. Hand and D. C. Jenkins, doing business under the firm name of A. H. Belo & Co., and who were proprietors of the Galveston Daily ¡News.
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before the Hon. E. B. Turner. c Suit begun in the district court of Travis county, February 7, 1880, b.y Wren, the appellee, against A. H. Belo, J. J. Hand and D. C. Jenkins, doing business under the firm name of A. H. Belo & Co., and who were proprietors of the Galveston Daily ¡News. The petition, after formal allegations, proceeded to allege that, during the year 1877 and since, many forgeries were committed of deeds and transfers to land certificates in Texas, and the devices resorted to to accomplish these forgeries, by reason of the general interest they…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
Two important points demand our consideration in determining the present appeal:
1. Did the district court of Travis county have jurisdiction of the cause ?
2. Was the alleged libelous matter of a privileged character?
1. The defendants below all resided in Galveston county. The Galveston Daily Hews, in which the alleged libel appeared, was issued from the press in that county and to subscribers living there. It had subscribers in the county of Travis to whom it was regularly mailed and delivered, and it was also sold by news agents in that county.
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