Legal Opinion
Addington v. Times Pub. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 10, 1916No. 20134PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Action by J. G. Addington against the Times Publishing Company. From judgment ' for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The plaintiff has appealed from a judgment rejecting Ms demand for $5,000 damages for an alleged libel. The article published in the defendant’s newspaper, the Shreveport Times, and alleged to be false, malicious, and libelous, is as follows:
“Marvelous is Work of Local ‘Fly Coppers.’
“J. C. Wallis Arrested Yesterday on False Charges by Detectives.
“Pavlovich Bared the Plot.
“In Signed Statement Local Restaurant Man Declared That I-Iis Name Was Used Without Authority in Matter of a Ten Dollar Cheek— Facts in the Case.
“Evidently smarting under the rebuke administered by District Judge Bell some…
2Cited by7 opinions
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- Alleman v. VERMILION PUBLISHING CORPORATIONLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
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