Hobdy v. Jones
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of Claiborne, Taylor, J. contended that plaintiff cannot recover without proving an actual marriage, co-habitation and reputation being insufficient, citing 4 Phillips on Ev. p. 206. Morns v. Miller, 4 Bur. 2057. But v. Barlow, 1 Doug. 170.
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
Eüstis, C. J.
This is an action of damages for slander. The slander pose of destroying his character and defeating his election. The defendant in liis answer alleged that, he did not utter the words as laid in the petition as facts within his own knowledge, but stated them, in the canvass for the legislature, as matters that had been currently reported in the parish for many years; that, in so stating the existence of such reports, he stated the truth; that he was not influenced by malice, but acted from a sense of duty as a good citizen, in…
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