Mulina v. Item Co.

MOISE, Justice.

Plaintiff brought this action in the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court for the Parish of Washington, State of Louisiana, for an alleged libel appearing in the May 17, 1947 issue of the New Orleans Item, consisting of the publication of his picture along with several others, beneath the headline and above the explanatory paragraph hereinafter detailed. The petitioner alleges that the statement published in connection with the picture was entirely false, malicious, libelous and defamatory of his good name, etc. He prayed for damages in the sum of $50,000. At the time of the…