Ford v. Jeane

Plaintiff is a young man of good reputation, and is a school teacher by profession. He had taught in the public schools of Vernon parish for six years at the time of the institution of this suit, in which he seeks to recover damages from the defendant for slander, consisting of a public accusation made by defendant before the school board of Vernon parish at its session on July 18, 1921, to the effect that plaintiff was drunk and disorderly and guilty of conduct unbecoming a teacher at a public dinner on Bun-dick’s creek on April 29, 1921, and that plaintiff was so drunk that he had to be…