Legal Opinion
Patten v. A. H. Belo & Co.
Texas Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1890No. 6700PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeau from McLennan. Tried below before Hon. Eugene Williams.
1Opinion of the Court
HOBBY, Judge.
This is an action for damages, brought by Nathan Patten against the Galveston News, for the circulation and publication of alleged libelous matter of and concerning,said Patten.
The suit was brought in the District Court of McLennan County on July 15, 1885.
The alleged libelous article was published in the News on the morning of May 23, 1885, and was set out in the petition as follows:
“MR. M. M. PATTEN VINDICATED.
“ Mr. Moses M. Patten, a reference to whose arrest and confinement appeared in the News of Wednesday, was yesterday arraigned before the County Court on a charge of…
2Cited by5 opinions
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