Chapa v. Abernethy
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Atascosa County; F. G. Chambliss, Judge. Action for libel by W. M. Abernethy against F. A. Chapa. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCarl, J.
Appellee sued appellant to re-
cover damages by reason of the publication and circulation of a certain article by appellant in a newspaper owned by him and printed in the Spanish language. The paper is called “El Emparcial de Texas,” and was circulated in Bexar, Atascosa, and other counties, one copy of which, the evidence shows was sent to Jam'es A. Walton, of Atascosa county, through the United States mail, and Walton read the article, thought it referred to appellee, and handed the paper to him. The article complained of, as translated, is as follows:
“The Assassination of Trevino.
“A…
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