Red River Valley Pub. Co. v. Bridges

YOUNG, Justice.

Appellee’s suit was in damages for libel; charging falsity of an article appearing in the April 2nd, 1951 publication of The Sherman Daily Democrat. The jury verdict, following their answer to issue No. 1, fixed actual damages at $4,000, which, in an order subsequent to a plaintiff’s judgment, the court reduced to $3,000; appellant duly perfecting an appeal and appellee likewise reserving exception to any reduction in amount of the jury assessment.

The news item in question, allegedly libelous, reads: “Second man fined for molesting child. For the second time within a week, the…