Caufield v. El Paso Times, Inc.

GRAY, Justice.

Appellant sued the El Paso Times, Inc., and other individual defendants including appellee, Raymond Brooks, for libel. He alleged that:

“On and shortly after the 15th of May, 1953, the defendants, W. H. Fryer, William E. Clayton, Roy Vinson/ ■ Roy D. Jackson, Lucille Jackson and Woodrow Bean entered into an agreement to oppose and repel an investigation initiated by the' House of Representatives of the State of Texas by the passage of a resolution entitled House. Simple Resolution Number 293. In order to do this, they subsequently enlisted the assistance of defendants Art…