McDonald v. Lieber

Mr. and Mrs. William W. McDonald sued the Shreveport Mutual Building Association and Philip Lieber, in solido, to recover damages in the sum of $100,000, said to have been sustained as a result of alleged malicious slander on- July 12, 1933, in calling them “Communists,” and saying that plaintiff instituted a certain annulment and injunction proceeding against the association “for the purpose of fomenting prejudice against every thrifty person in Shreveport”

The defendants denied that Mr. Lieber called plaintiffs “Communists,” and pleaded the truth of the statement about fomenting prejudice.

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