Boler v. Day
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SEVENTH DISTRICT, FOR 'THE PARISH OF CATAHOULA, THE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. This is an action of slander, for slanderous words charged to have been spoken by the defendant, maliciously and with a view to slander, defame and injure the plaintiff in his good name and character.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SEVENTH DISTRICT, FOR 'THE PARISH OF CATAHOULA, THE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. This is an action of slander, for slanderous words charged to have been spoken by the defendant, maliciously and with a view to slander, defame and injure the plaintiff in his good name and character. The plaintiff alleges that he has sus(ained great injury in consequence of this slander, and prays judgment for twenty thousand dollars in damages, and a trial by jury. The answer of the defendant is lost, together with the judgment of the court, and some of the evidence taken down…
1Opinion of the CourtSimon, J.
The appellee filed a written motion to dismiss this appeal, on the ground that the transcript does not contain the records *253of the case, sufficient for this court to revise the judgment, complained of.
This is an action of slander, in which the verdict of the jury was given in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff, after having vainly attempted to obtain a new trial, took the present appeal.
The clerk, in one of his certificates annexed to the record, certifies that the testimony of several witnesses whom he names, and which had been taken down by him, was lost from the papers in open court,…
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