Holloway v. Butler

OPINION

SEARS, Justice.

John H. Holloway, Appellant, sued Appel-lees for libel. The trial court granted Ap-pellees’ Motion for Summary Judgment on the basis that the one year statute of limi tation for actions involving libel, TEX.REV. CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 5524 (Vernon 1958), had expired. We affirm.

The central issue in this case is whether Texas follows the “single publication rule” in cases involving mass media libel. As this particular issue has never been resolved by Texas courts, we now take the opportunity to adopt the following UNIFORM SINGLE PUBLICATION ACT: 1

No person shall have more than…