Smith v. Lyons
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twelfth Judicial District Court, Parish of Vernon; John H. Boone, Judge. Suit by Dr. J. F. Smith against B. H. Lyons and another, with claim in reconvention by defendant Lyons. Judgment for defendant Lyons, dismissing plaintiff’s demand, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommervilde, J.
Plaintiff, a physician residing and practicing his profession in the town of Leesville, in the parish of Vernon, where he is also a member of the police jury, claims damages from the defendants, the sheriff and his deputy, of the parish of Vernon, in the sum of $25,000, because of an alleged libel, wherein defendants denounced and posted petitioner “as an assassin of character, a liar, and unworthy of the respect and esteem of decent and fair-minded people.”
Defendants filed several exceptions, which were overruled. There was no appeal taken therefrom, and these rulings are not before the…
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