Mohrman v. Ohse
Supreme Court of Louisiana
from the Third District Court of New Orleans, Duvigneaud, J. Respectfully call the attention of the court to the following cases : Kendriek v. Kemp, 6 N. S. p. 501. Carlin v. Stewart, 2L. R. p. 74. Juice v. Harvey, 14 L. R. p. 198. Miller v. IJolstein, 16 L. R. p. 389. Feray v. Foote, 12 An. p. 894. Louisiana Code, 1928, 2294, 2295. 2 Starkie, p. 461, and notes.
1Opinion of the CourtInsLEy, J.
This is an actipn for slander, in which the plaintiff claims of the defendant five thousand dollars damages. The general issue was pleaded, and on a verdict of the jury, judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of one thousand dollars without interest; and after an ineffectual attempt to obtain a new trial, the defendant appealed.
It was proved conclusively in the trial of the case, that the slanderous words and epithets charged were uttered, to and against the plaintiff', at the office of the justice of the peace, wherein the plaintiff was employee as a deputy constable;…
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