Texas Supreme Court

Denton Publishing Company, Petitioner v. D. B. Boyd, Respondent

December 2, 197014 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 118

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the trial and appellate courts, holding that the newspaper's statutory privilege defense was waived because it failed to submit any jury issues to prove the privilege, and therefore the libel judgment stands. Justice Hamilton dissented, arguing that no factual issues existed and the article was a privileged report.