Hayden v. Davis

The plaintiff, who is a justice of the peace in and for the parish of Jefferson, sued to recover of the defendant damages for a libel, alleged to have been written and published against him in his judicial capacity, and having recovered one hundred dollars, the defendant appealed. The alleged libel was in the following words: “ The inhabitants of Carrollton will take notice that Felix Hayden has given judgment against me for $20, and deprived me of witnesses to defend me.”

The defendant answered that he did make the alleged publication, and that he believes the contents of it are true, and in…