Holt v. Parsons
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Galveston.- Tried below before the Hon. Nelson H. Hunger. This suit was brought on the 22d day of October, 1853, by the defendant in error against John S. Holt, Sen., D. D. Atchison, E. P. Hunt, plaintiffs in error, and John Robertson, for an alleged libel, claiming $5000 damages.
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Error from Galveston.- Tried below before the Hon. Nelson H. Hunger. This suit was brought on the 22d day of October, 1853, by the defendant in error against John S. Holt, Sen., D. D. Atchison, E. P. Hunt, plaintiffs in error, and John Robertson, for an alleged libel, claiming $5000 damages. The petition alleged that, on and prior to the 16th day of July, 1852, the plaintiff was, and had been a member, and the treasurer of.the Galveston Presbyterian Church, and on that day, his resignation, as treasurer, was accepted by the board of trustees of the church, of which board the defendants were…
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
Mr. Starkie says, that “any writings, pictures, or signs, which derogate from the character of an individual, by imputing to him either bad actions, or vicious principles, or which diminish his respectability and abridge his comforts, by exposing him to disgrace and ridicule, are actionable, without proof of special damage; in short, that an action lies for any false, malicious, and personal imputation,- effected by such means, and tending to alter the party’s situation in society for the *19worse.” (Starkie on Slander, 140.) And Sir William Blackstone defines a libel to be the “ malicious…
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