Manuel v. Ardoin

In this suit the plaintiff, Walter Manuel, seeks to recover damages from the defendant, Roy Ardoin, in the sum of $400, for what is alleged in his petition to have been an illegal, unwarranted and unprovoked attack upon his person.

He avers that on the night of Saturday, August 1, 1943, at about 11 o'clock, he was in a place known as the Old Owl Saloon, operated by Mack Aucoin, and which is situated just west of the corporate limits of the Town of Ville Platte; that he was there attending to his own business, in a quiet and peaceful manner, not disturbing anyone, and while standing at the bar,…