Naihaus v. Louisiana Weekly Publishing Co.

This is ■ an action for damages for libel. The plaintiff sued for $25,000, and got a verdict and judgment for $350. The defendant has appealed, and the plaintiff, answering the appeal, prays for the whole $25,000.

He is a retail clothing merchant, whose establishment is called the New Orleans Clothing Store, and is located at 528 South Barn-part street, in New Orleans. Nearly all of the retail business done in that part of the city is with colored patrons. The plaintiff’s customers are nearly all colored men, to whom he sells cheap clothing, mostly on the installment plan.

The defendant is a…