Beal v. Brandt
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action of slander, for slanderous words spoken by the wife of Brandt, respecting the wife of Beale, and for ah assault and battery committed by Beale on Brandt’s wife; damages laid at one thousand dollars.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action of slander, for slanderous words spoken by the wife of Brandt, respecting the wife of Beale, and for ah assault and battery committed by Beale on Brandt’s wife; damages laid at one thousand dollars. The plaintiffs allege that the wife of John Brandt, publicly, maliciously and wickedly called Mrs. Rosina Beale a thief and a whore, and with a view to defame her character; that such charges are false and malicious, and have damaged her in the estimation of her neighbors. They further allege, that John Brandt came to…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
■ This is an action of slander,’ and assault and battery, with a claim for damages. The hopes which the fair defendant entertains of having the judgment of the fair plaintiff reversed, rest on the alleged error of the judge a quo, in admitting testimony offered by the plaintiff, but objected to by the defendant. '
The grounds on which the reading' of the deposition offered by the plaintiff, was objected to, are :
Where the notice to take a deposition is not given in full time, as required by law, yet when the party sends her attorney to the commissioner, who appears and objects to taking the…
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