Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Derrick
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 26, 1939No. 34605PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’NIELL, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff is appealing from a judgment rejecting his demand for $20,000 damages for slander.
The utterances complained of as being slanderous were made during a political campaign, in which the plaintiff, Edwards, and the defendant, Derrick, were rival candidates for the office of sheriff. Edwards was then sheriff and Derrick had been one of his deputies. Derrick was also a member of the police jury. He reported to the police jury that the sheriff was guilty of misappropriating funds belonging to his salary account. One of the complaints was that the sheriff was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Staub v. Van BenthuysenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1884
- Williams v. McManusSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1886
- Fitzpatrick v. Daily States Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1896
- Spotorno v. FourichonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1888
- Perret v. New Orleans Times NewspaperSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1873
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Kennedy v. Item Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
- Cox v. CashioLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
- Clements v. RyanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1980
- Parsons v. Gulf & South American Steamship Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Becnel v. BoudreauxLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
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