Legal Opinion
Houston Chronicle Pub. Co. v. Wegner
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 11, 1915No. 7004Published
Appeal from District Court, Galveston County; Clay S. Briggs, Judge. Action by Ernest Wegner, Sr., against the Houston Chronicle Publishing Company, continued after plaintiff’s death by his widow and children. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLane, J.
For the purposes of this opinion the following statement of the case will be sufficient:
Shortly prior to the 5th day of December, 1912, there appeared in the Galveston Labor Herald, a paper published in the city of Galveston, the following:
‘‘We will ask this question until it is answered:
“Who is Chief of Police?
“Delenda Est Money Lender.
“ ‘And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all of them that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the money changers (Loan Sharks, 1912) and the seats of them that sold doves. — Matthew xxi, 12. ‘And said unto them: It is written…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Guisti v. Galveston TribuneTexas Supreme Court · 1912
- Cotulla v. KerrTexas Supreme Court · 1889
- Cranfill v. HaydenTexas Supreme Court · 1904
- A. H. Belo & Co. v. FullerTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Guisti v. Galveston TribuneTexas Supreme Court · 1912
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