Saenz v. Lower Rio Grande Valley Chamber of Commerce

W. O. MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by Joel Saenz and thirty-seven other persons against Lower Rio Grande Valley Chamber of Commerce, a corporation, seeking to recover damages for the publication of an alleged libelous statement by it. The defendant’s motion for a summary judgment was granted and judgment rendered that plaintiffs take nothing, from which judgment they have prosecuted this appeal.

Appellants’ first point is to the effect that the court erred in hearing the motion for summary judgment before passing on their motion, duly filed, for a change of venue based upon…