Denis v. Leclerc
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Attachment for contempt. The original petition stated that the defendant having, by improper means, obtained a letter, written by the plaintiff to a third person, was preparing to publish it, with indecent commentaries : and prayed for an injunction staying the publication, which was as to the letter.
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Attachment for contempt. The original petition stated that the defendant having, by improper means, obtained a letter, written by the plaintiff to a third person, was preparing to publish it, with indecent commentaries : and prayed for an injunction staying the publication, which was as to the letter. On the following day, the defendant filed his answer to which was annexed a copy of the letter, denying that, he obtained it through improper means, and averring it had been sent to him, by the person to whom it was directed. The court thought it proper to sustain the injunction till the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Martin, J. alone.
Although k has been deemed improper, upon this motion, to allow the discussion of the propriety of grant*299ing the injunction, that having been gone into at large on the motion to dissolve it, I believe it advisable to detail the principles which influenced the court in declining to dissolve it before the final hearing, as these principles have been for purposes, not necessary to be now examined, industriously and eggregiously misrepresented.
The injunction was claimed and the dissolution of it resisted on the ground,
1. That a letter is an object of property :
2.…
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