McHaney v. Cunningham

DAWKINS, District Judge.

This is a suit at law sounding in damages for the alleged libel by defendant of plaintiff. Defendant has excepted to the jurisdiction of the court, upon the ground that plaintiff, at the time of bringing the suit, was a resident of the Western district of Louisiana. Evidence submitted developed the following facts:

Plaintiff is a native of the state of Arkansas. In 1913 he came to the state of Louisiana and taught school in the Southern portion thereof until 19.16, after which he returned to Arkansas and engaged in the practice of law at Conway, in said state. At the…