Baysset v. Hire

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

This suit was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for slander committed, it is charged, by the defendant. The damages affected his reputation, caused loss in business, wounded his feelings and brought about a severance of the betrothal between himself and defendant’s daughter, he, in substance, avers.

The defendant, in his answer, admitted that he had made the statement as alleged by the plaintiff, but he especially denied that the *905statement was made in any spirit of malice, revenge or hatred, or that it had, in any manner, damaged the…