Hall v. Kelly

E. H. Kelly sued E. P. Hall Jr., doing business under the trade-name “Walker County Messenger,” and J. C. Keown, individually, and as a member of the “taxpayers’ committee,” for damages for libel alleged to have been published by the defendants in a series of articles in the newspaper “Walker County Messenger.” The general and special demurrers of the defendants were overruled and they excepted. One ground of demurrer was that the action was prematurely brought for the reason that no notice in writing had been given to the publisher of the newspaper, “specifying the article and the statements…