Jenkins v. Taylor

McOLENDON, C. j.

Suit for damages for publishing a libel. Trial to jury; special issue verdict; judgment for defendant; plaintiff appeals.

There is no statement of facts, and the questions presented relate in the main to the charges given the jury. For purposes of the appeal the following statement from the record will suffice:

Plaintiff, Hon. C. H. Jenkins, was a member of the Texas Legislature in 1907, and took an active part in debating a bill known as the Medical Practice Act (Laws 1907, c. 123), passed at that session. The State Medical Association was interested in the bill and had a…