Legal Opinion

Houston Chronicle Pub. Co. v. McDavid

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 9, 1914No. 5412PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Bastrop County; Ed. R. Sinks, Judge. Action by Dock McDavid against the Houston Chronicle Publishing Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtKey, C. J.

This is the third appeal in this case. At the first trial the court below sustained a general demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition, from which ruling the plaintiff appealed, and this court held that the petition stated a cause of action, and reversed the case. McDavid v. Houston Chronicle Printing Co., 146 S. W. 252. The case went back and was tried upon its merits, and a verdict and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appealed, and this court reversed the judgment on account of the improper admission of certain testimony. Houston Chronicle Publishing Co. v. McDavid,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cowley v. PulsiferMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
  2. I. & G. H. R'y Co. v. IrvineTexas Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Cotter, Truelove & Co. v. ParksTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. DavidsonTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  5. Houston Chronicle Pub. Co. v. McDavidCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1913

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Langston v. Eagle Publishing Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1986
  2. Lybrand v. State Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1936
  3. Wortham-Carter Pub. Co. v. Little PageCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
  4. Caller Times Publishing Co. v. ChandlerTexas Supreme Court · 1939
  5. Baten v. Houston Oil Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1919

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