Glisson v. Biggio
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany; Prentiss B. Carter, Judge. Suit by J. E. Glisson against Charles Biggio and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal, and, plaintiff answering the appeal, asks that judgment be amended by an increase to the amount applied for in his petition.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiff sues the several defendants for $50,641 damages because of an alleged libel and malicious prosecution. He alleges that defendants circulated a petition, addressed to the district attorney, wherein were made libelous, defamatory, and false charges against him; that in said pe*211tition plaintiff was charged with nonfeasance and malfeasance, gross misconduct, and conduct unbecoming an officer; with the request that the district attorney, under article 222 of the Oonstitution, have the plaintiff, as mayor of the town of Abita Springs, impeached and removed from office. The petition to the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Grant v. DeuelSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1842
- Larkin v. NoonanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1865
- Glisson v. BiggioSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
- Irby v. HarrellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1917
- Morgan v. Illinois Cent. R.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1906
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