Madison v. Bolton
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff, James Madison, an attorney at law, residing and practicing his profession in the town of Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, claiming to have been damaged by the publication of a certain editorial in the Bastrop Daily Enterprise, of which the defendant Nathan Bolton is owner and publisher, and the defendant Matt Sheley at the time was editor and reporter, filed this suit in the district court seeking judgment against the defendants jointly, severally and in solido in the sum of $100,000, alleging that for many years he has been a reputable, respected…
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2Cases cited21 opinions
- Triggs v. Sun Printing & Publishing Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Boyer v. Pitt Publishing CompanySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Kennedy v. Item Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
- Vicknair v. Daily States Pub. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- Williams v. Hicks Printing Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
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