Legal Opinion
Hornby v. Hunter
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 3, 1964No. 81PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NYE, Justice.
This is a libel suit on appeal from an order overruling a plea of privilege. The appellee Curtis H. Hunter ' instituted this suit against Harry P. Hornby, Jr., the appellant, individually and d/b/a The Uvalde Leader-News, for damages, alleging that he had been libelled by the publication of an article in the Uvalde Leader-News, a newspaper published bi-weekly by the appellant. Hunter is a resident of Nueces County, Texas, and the appellant is a resident of Uvalde County, Texas, at which place he publishes the Uvalde Leader-News. The suit was filed in Nueces County, Texas.
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