Guice v. Harvey
Supreme Court of Louisiana
WESTERN DIST. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP TIIE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, POR THE PARISH OP OUACHITA, THE JUDGE OP THE SIXTH RESIDING. This is an action of slander.
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WESTERN DIST. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP TIIE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, POR THE PARISH OP OUACHITA, THE JUDGE OP THE SIXTH RESIDING. This is an action of slander. The plaintiff charges that the defendant, maliciously and wickedly, and with a view to defame and injure his good character, on or about the 15th day of July, 1837, and at many other times and places in public companies, did utter in substance, that your petitioner “ had counterfeited a bill of goods from New-Orleansthat he “ had'the bill in his possession, and can prove it to the satisfaction of any manalso, “ he (meaning…
1Opinion of the CourtMarlin, J.
This is an action of slander, in which the plaintiff charges that the words were spoken with the intent of injuring, and’ did injure him in his business and manner of getting his livelihood, which was to receive and'forward goods coming from New-Orleans for the planters and people living in his vicinity, and for the back settlers ; and also in collecting and paying freight and charges on the same.
The general issue was pleaded. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendant appealed.
Our attention is drawn to a bill of exceptions taken to a part of the charge, in which…
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