Lebovitch v. Joseph Levy & Bros.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; W- B. Sommerville, Judge. Action by Leon D. Lebovitch against the Joseph Levy & Brothers Company and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiff, Lebovitch, sued the defendants, Levy Bros. Company and others, for $15,000, on the ground that they, Levy Bros. Company and others, made damaging, false, and libelous allegations against plaintiff in a petition filed by them to have the appointment of a receiver recalled and the receiver discharged.
The petition of Levy Bros. Company and others was filed on the 24th day of August, 1909.
The plaintiff, Lebovitch, Lucius Elam, Jr., and Dr. Calvin O. Chunn were the only members of the company known as the Elam Paper & Stationery Company; each being a stockholder and a director.
Elam was…
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