Harris v. Minvielle

. The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

This is a suit for the recovery of ten thousand dollars damages for slander and defamation of character, and from the verdict of a jury in favor of the defendant and a judgment thereon based, the plaintiff has appealed.

The following are, substantially, the grounds of plaintiff’s action, to-wit:

That he is and has been a public merchant engaged in business in the town of Jeanerette, in the parish of Iberia, and upon the income *909of his business he is, exclusively, dependent for the maintenance of himself and family.

That his character has…