Levert v. Daily States Pub. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thomas C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by John B. Levert against the Daily States Publishing Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit for $10,000 damages for an alleged newspaper libel against the plaintiff as a member of the board of administrators of the Tulane University of Louisiana. The case was tried before a jury, and the plaintiff appeals from a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendants.
On August 15, 1906, there appeared in the columns of the Daily States, a newspaper of general circulation, published and edited in .the city of New Orleans by the defendants herein, the following article:
“Affairs of Tulane University.
“(From the Boston Herald, August 8, 1906.)
“ ‘A most unpleasant, and, as it…
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