Christy v. Stauffer Publications, Inc.

McGEE, Justice.

Petitioner brought this suit for libel, and the Seventh Court of Civil Appeals has affirmed summary judgment for respondents Stauffer Publications, Inc. and Bob Izzard. We reverse both judgments and remand the cause for trial on the merits.

On August 17, 1966, petitioner was charged with “investigation of armed robbery” of a grocery store in Amarillo. A store employee had told police that petitioner “ * * * looked like the man who committed the robbery,” but after making an investigation, the police decided that petitioner was not the robber and released him from custody at 9:45…