Legal Opinion
Easley v. Express Publishing Company
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 23, 1957No. 13098PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Justice.
Plaintiff, Ralph V. Easley, refused to amend his petition after the trial court sustained special exceptions to his allegations of a newspaper libel, and the trial court dismissed the suit. The narrow issue on this appeal is whether the petition alleges words of defamation. Because the case was dismissed after sustaining exceptions, the question is one of law. The court never reached the questions of fact nor the defenses to the libel charged.
Plaintiff, Easley, during March, 1954, was a member of the San Antonio City Council. On March 24th the defendant published a front-page…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Guisti v. Galveston TribuneTexas Supreme Court · 1912
- Guisti v. Galveston TribuneTexas Supreme Court · 1912
- A. H. Belo & Co. v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1897
- Gartman v. HedgpethTexas Supreme Court · 1941
- Moore v. LeverettTexas Commission of Appeals · 1932
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Mitre v. Brooks Fashion Stores, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1992
- Hornby v. HunterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
- Newton v. Dallas Morning NewsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
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