Tarleton v. Lagarde
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberia. Voorhies, J. A slander is an oral publication which exposes any person to hatred^ contempt, ridicule, or obloquy, or which causes him to be shunned, or which has a tendency to injure him in his occupa- . tion. 42 An. 955; 40 An. 423; 36 An. 467; 25 An. 170; Newell on Defamation, Slander and Libel, p. 84; Cooley on Torts, 193. “If the charges are false, injurious and made maliciously or malo animo, they…
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APPEAL from the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberia. Voorhies, J. A slander is an oral publication which exposes any person to hatred^ contempt, ridicule, or obloquy, or which causes him to be shunned, or which has a tendency to injure him in his occupa- . tion. 42 An. 955; 40 An. 423; 36 An. 467; 25 An. 170; Newell on Defamation, Slander and Libel, p. 84; Cooley on Torts, 193. “If the charges are false, injurious and made maliciously or malo animo, they combine all the elements necessary to support the action.” 40 An. 424; 45 Au. 863. “Our courts are not bound by the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Miller, J.
The plaintiff, a physician, claims of the defendant, a druggist, damages for his refusal to fill plaintiff’s prescriptions and for slander. The defence is that defendant was unable to fill the prescriptions, and a denial of the slander imputed to defendant. From the judgment of fifty dollars against hiim, defendant appeals, and, answering the appeal, plaintiff asks that the damages awarded be increased. ...
It appears from the record the defendant did decline tó prepare two prescriptions of the plaintiff. In one'a patent medicine formed a…
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