Walker v. San Antonio Light Publishing Co.

KEY, Associate Justice.

This is a suit to recover damages for the publication of an alleged libel. The District Court sustained a general demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition, and that ruling is assigned as error. Omitting certain formal averments, the petition reads as follows:

“That plaintiff is a reputable, law-abiding citizen of the city of Austin, Travis County, Texas, and has been such for many years, and he has always behaved and conducted himself in a manner to merit the approval of the- citizens of said county, and has always been esteemed and respected by them and by the citizens of…