Express Pub. Co. v. Keeran

C. A. Keeran recovered judgment against Express Publishing Company in the district court of Victoria county in the sum of $15,000, for libel, which judgment on appeal was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 274 S. W. 335. The action was based upon the publication in the San Antonio Daily Express of the following articles:

“Dozen Arrests in Giant Booze Case Forecast.

“Ranger Captain Claims Plot Extensive Thinks He has Solved Mystery of Source of San Antonio’s Foreign liquor Supply.

“Starting with a one-quart bottle of liquor in San Antonio as a clue, arrest of a dozen persons in a giant…