Cunningham v. Gulf Coast Collection Agency Co.

PEDEN, Associate Justice.

Plaintiff’s petition alleged that the defendant company uttered and published a libel in the form of a letter (part of which is set out in the petition) and that it was circulated.

The plaintiff filed this appeal after the trial court granted the defendant’s motion for an instructed verdict.

The plaintiff testified that his foreman, Mr. Ken Winters, had handed him a letter purporting to be from the defendant company and that he had called the telephone number indicated on the letter. The operator first connected him with the defendant company and then with a Mr.…