McCormick v. Houston Printing Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from District Court, Harris County; Wm. Masterson, Judge. Action by Virgil McCormick against the Houston Printing Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMcMEANS, J.
This was an action brought by Virgil McCormick against the Houston Printing Company to recover damages alleged by tlie plaintiff to have been sustained by him by the publication and circulation in defendant’s newspaper, the Houston Post, of an article alleged to be a libel of and concerning plaintiff. A general demurrer urged by defendant to plaintiff’s petition was sustained by the court, and, plaintiff declining to amend, the case was dismissed, and from the judgment sustaining the demurrer and dismissing the ease the plaintiff has appealed.
Plaintiff, in substance, alleged that on and for a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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