Brooks v. Bank of Acadia
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Acadia; William Campbell, Judge. Action by George Howard Brooks against the Bank of Acadia. From judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is a suit for $25,000 damages for alleged libelous allegations in the petition filed in the suit of Bank of Acadia v. John Abshire, Jr., Joseph Louis Abshire, and George Howard Brooks, No. 3629 of the docket of the district court in and for the parish of Acadia, and for alleged libelous statements contained in the brief of counsel for the Bank of Acadia filed in the same suit.
Suit No. 3629 was a sequel to suit No. 3592 between the same parties in the same court.
The first suit of the Bank of Acadia was to recover judgment against John Abshire, Jr., on his note, for $281, with interest,…
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