Milner v. Red River Valley Pub. Co.

CRAMER, Justice.

This is an action for damages based upon an alleged violation of appellants’- right of privacy. Appellants are the wife, children, father and mother of Ben Milner, deceased. Appellee publishes the Sherman Daily Democrat, a newspaper of large general circulation in the City of Sherman and its trade territory, and in the afternoon edition of its paper dated July 1, 1949, published the following item, to wit:

“SHERMAN MAN IS KILLED IN WRECK AT GAINESVILLE.

“Ben Milner, 30, Sherman truck operator and World War II veteran, was killed at 5 a. m. Friday when his car overturned after…