Young v. Kuhn
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Bowie. Tried below before the Hon. W. P. McLean. September 16, 1886, appellee Kuhn brought suit against the appellants, the petition charging that the said defendants conspired with each other, and acting together, did on or about the ninth day of August, 1886, falsely, maliciously and scandalously write and publish, and cause and procure to be-written and published, a certain false, scandalous and malicious libel of and concerning the plaintiff, containing…
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Appeal from Bowie. Tried below before the Hon. W. P. McLean. September 16, 1886, appellee Kuhn brought suit against the appellants, the petition charging that the said defendants conspired with each other, and acting together, did on or about the ninth day of August, 1886, falsely, maliciously and scandalously write and publish, and cause and procure to be-written and published, a certain false, scandalous and malicious libel of and concerning the plaintiff, containing therein the false, scandalous, defamatory and opprobious matters following, of and concerning the said Frank Kuhn, to wit:…
1Opinion of the Court
Stayton, Chief Justice.
This action was brought by appellee to recover damages on account of two libelous publications alleged to have been made by appellants in the Daily Texarkana Independent.
One of these is alleged to have been made on August 9, 1886, and this consisted in an accusation against appellee in which he was charged with slaughtering and selling for food diseased and unwholesome meats.
The other was of date September 6, 1886, wherein it is alleged that appellants, after appellee had been arrested and "tried and acquitted upon an accusation made by appellants against him, charging…
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