Light Publishing Co. v. Keeran

In this case, defendant in error recovered judgment in the district court of Victoria county against plaintiff in error because of the publication of an alleged libelous article. That judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. See 277 S. W. 759. The opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals states the case fully. In the view we take of the case, it is not necessary to repeat that statement here.

Both of the lower courts treated this case as essentially a companion one to that of Express Publishing Co. v. Keeran (Tex. Civ. App.) 274 S. W. 335. In this connection, we make a few quotations…