Legal Opinion
Hibdon v. Moyer
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 18, 1917No. 734PublishedCited by 12 opinions
Appeal from District Court, Eastland County; Thos. L. Blanton, Judge. Suit by John Hibdon against E. J. Moyer and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHiggins, J.
Hibdon, appellant, the editor and owner of “The Enterprise,” a newspaper, brought this suit against the editor and owners of “The Pecos Times,” another newspaper, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by the publication in the last-named paper of an alleged libelous ar-tide. The article is headed thus, “Misstatements or (?),” and-reads thus:
“A number of friends of the Editor and of The Times have asked why we ignore the attacks of the Enterprise from week to week. It’s simple; in the first place, we do not intend to prostitute the columns of this paper by replying to such baseless…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Guisti v. Galveston TribuneTexas Supreme Court · 1912
- Guisti v. Galveston TribuneTexas Supreme Court · 1912
- Democrat Publishing Co. v. JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Walker v. San Antonio Light Publishing Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1902
- George Knapp & Co. v. CampbellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1896
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Pentuff v. . ParkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1927
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- John Raymer v. Doubleday & Co., Inc., Thomas ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- State Medical Ass'n of Texas v. Committee for Chiropractic Education, Inc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1951
- Enterprise Co. v. EllisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
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