Barbre v. Morgan

This is an action of slander: Plaintiff claims that in the month of October, 1919, and again on several occasions in the month of January, 1920, defendant charged him (plaintiff) with having “stolen the government’s oats.” The defense is, substantially, justification according to the sense in which the words were used; and that said words had been used in the heat of a political campaign.

There was a trial by jury, and verdict fox-defendant ; from which plaintiff appeals.

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Plaintiff and defendant both reside in the First ward of the parish of Pointe Coupee, and both take an active interest in…