Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. Spradley

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 10, 1900PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from Nacogdoches. Tried below before Hon. Tom O. Davis.

1Opinion of the Court

GILL, Associate Justice.

This was a suit by appellant, G. T. Mitchell, against J. L. Miller, A. J. Spradley, and A. F. Henning, for damages because of the writing by Miller and the publication by Spradley and Henning of an article concerning him alleged to be libelous.

Appellees answered by general denial, and also pleaded the truth of the charge in justification. Trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for defendants, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

The alleged libelous article upon which action is based was shown to have been written by J. T. Miller and sent to A. J. Spradley…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Cotulla v. KerrTexas Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Zeliff v. JenningsTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Patten v. A. H. Belo & Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1890

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Fessinger v. El Paso Times Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1913
  2. Hibdon v. MoyerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1917
  3. Lartigue v. Southern Mut. Ben. Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1924
  4. Hancock v. Variyam, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2011
  5. Joseph E. Hancock v. Easwaran P. Variyam, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)2011

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