Eye v. Byrnes
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thomas C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by .Mrs. A. B. Von Eye against Patrick Byrnes. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
The plaintiff, a widow over 70 years old, sued the defendant for damages for alleged public defamation of the vilest character. Defendant pleaded the general issue.
The ease was tried before the judge, who rendered judgment in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff has appealed.
The issues before us being purely of fact, we give a condensed statement of the material evidence adduced in the court below.
It appears that the defendant had for four or five years claimed that the fence of the plaintiff encroached five inches on his premises, and had notified the plaintiff to remove the same. Plaintiff…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Goldberg v. DobbertonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
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