Goodrich v. Reporter Pub. Co.

PRICE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the District Court of Reeves County. The plaintiff, Goodrich, sued defendant, Reporter Publishing Company, for libel. Defendant interposed a special exception to the petition, which was by the court sustained, and plaintiff declining to amend, the court ordered suit dismissed. The basis of plaintiff’s action was an article published in the Abilene Reporter-News, a newspaper owned and published by defendant. This article was as follows

“Knox Draft Board reclassifies 30

“Munday, June 9 — (Spl)—Thirty

“Registrants were re-classified by the…