Henry v. Dufilho
Supreme Court of Louisiana
EASTERN DIST. APPEAL FROM THE COVET OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, JUDGE , BUCHANAN PRESIDING. This is an action to recover from the defendant three thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars in damages, for slandering and setting up title by suit to certain town lots.
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EASTERN DIST. APPEAL FROM THE COVET OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, JUDGE , BUCHANAN PRESIDING. This is an action to recover from the defendant three thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars in damages, for slandering and setting up title by suit to certain town lots. The plaintiff alleges, that he purchased certain lots of ground in the city of New-Orleans, at the probate sale of Jean Gravier’s property, in 1836, for five thousand one hundred and thirty dollars; that in January, 1837, he was offered nine thousand dollars for said property, but the defendant threatened to sue, and did…
1Opinion of the CourtRost, J.
This is an action of damages, instituted by the plaintiff for slandering his title to certain town lots.
The defendant denied all the facts and allegations in the plaintiff’s petition, and alleged, that having purchased in good faith the lots mentioned in the plaintiff’s petition, and being without notice of the plaintiff’s title, he had instituted a petitory action against the said plaintiff to recover them, but that this action was instituted without malice and in the prosecution of his legal rights. The court below gave judgment in his favor and the plaintiff appealed.
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