Houston Printing Co. v. Hunter

SPEER, Justice.

Plaintiff, Tom F. Hunter, sued defendant, Houston Printing Company, in the district court of Wichita county for libel .growing out of three articles published by the defendant in the Houston Post on August 22, 23, and 24, 1934.

For convenience, we shall refer to the parties as plaintiff and defendant, as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiff alleged that prior to and during the time the alleged libelous publications were being printed and circulated, he was a candidate for Governor before the Democratic Primaries in Texas; that the second or run-off primary in this state…