Dick v. Allen

LONG, Justice.

C. B. W. Dick and A. W. Gates instituted separate suits for libel against William Prescott Allen and The Laredo Times. These suits by consent of all the parties were consolidated for trial. The trial court sustained special exceptions to plaintiffs’ petitions, plaintiffs declined to amend and the cause was dismissed. Plaintiffs have appealed.

*391Appellant Dick alleged that he was a rancher and cattleman in Webb County and one of the organizers and leaders of the Reform Party, a new political party actively opposing the old party in Webb County, known as the Independent Club.…