Creswell v. Pruitt

COLLINGS, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order sustaining a plea of privilege. Appellants, Earl Creswell and Bob Creswell, filed suit in the District Court of Scurry County, Texas, against J. B. Pruitt and O. T. Foster, seeking damages for certain alleged slanderous remarks by Pruitt and Foster at the annual session of the North Colorado Missionary Baptist Association held in Abilene, Texas, on September 8, 1950. Pruitt and Foster filed their pleas of privilege to have the cause removed to Taylor County, Texas, where they reside. Appellants duly filed their controverting affidavit in which…