MacFadden's Publications, Inc. v. Hardy

GALLAGHER, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted by appellee, Frank Hardy, against appellant, Macfad-den’s Publications, Inc., to recover damages for libel. Appellee alleged that appellant, in one of its publications issued in the year 1934 and entitled “June True Detective Mysteries,” published a picture of appellee and printed underneath the same the words: “Hardy is serving a sentence for the murder of Doyle' Johnson at Belton, Texas.” Appellee alleged that the words aforesaid were false; that' he was not guilty of the murder of said Johnson, was not convicted thereof, and that he was not…