Times Pub. Co. v. Ray

Appellee recovered judgment against appellant in the court below for $4,000 actual damages on account of the publication by appellant in the Eastland Daily Telegram on May 28, 1926, of the following item, alleged by appellee to be libelous per se: >

“Former Eastland Dealer Arrested under Sales Aet.

“E. E. Ray, former owner of the Eastland Music Shop and now conducting a business at Breckenridge, was arrested and placed in jail last night on charges of false swearing and perjury. He is held in lieu of $1,000.00 bond which has not been made. It is alleged that when Ray sold his business in…