Legal Opinion
Houston Press Co. v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 10, 1928No. 9014PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLane, J.
This is a suit for libel brought by J. Dixie Smith against the Houston Press Company, with a prayer for damages in the sum of $50,000, which the plaintiff alleges he has suffered as a result'of the publication of certain defamatory articles, the first of which was published November 6, 1923, and the last in the fall of 1924.
The plaintiff was duly elected district attorney of Harris county, Tex. He was elected in 1922 on what was known as the Ku Klux Klan ticket. He was at the time of his election a member of the order of the Ku Klux Klan, and was a candidate for the same office as the Klan…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Cotulla v. KerrTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Tisdale v. Panhandle & S. F. Ry. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1921
- A. H. Belo & Co. v. WrenTexas Supreme Court · 1884
- Express Printing Co. v. CopelandTexas Supreme Court · 1885
- Pfister v. Milwaukee Free Press Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1909
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Co. v. WherryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1976
- Rawlins v. McKeeCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
- Hornby v. HunterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
- Brasher v. CarrCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Moore v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1929
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