Doullut v. McManus
Supreme Court of Louisiana
PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Monroe. 1. A petition for slander needs only contain a concise statement of the cause of action, with circumstances of time and place, and with a claim for damages stated in a round sum.
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PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Monroe. 1. A petition for slander needs only contain a concise statement of the cause of action, with circumstances of time and place, and with a claim for damages stated in a round sum. C. P. 172: 4 N. S. 280: 3 L. 290 : 3 Ann. 70: 23 Ann. 280. ■2. Any nullity or informality, suchas vagueness, want of precision or generality of the averments of the petition can be taken advantage of only by a peremptory exception filed before an answer to the merits. O. P. 343, 344; 1 K. 190; 4 Ann. 537; 10 Ann. 528.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of tho Court was delivered l>y
Bekjiddez, C, J.
This is an action in damages.
The plaintiff charges that, on April 1, 1884, in this city, at No. 11 Noith Front street, the defendant did then and there publicly, falsely and maliciously slander, defame and abuse him, calling him a thief, a ■fraud, a son of a hitch, a liar, a puppy, using other abusive and defamatory language in the presence and hearing of many other persons; that this conduct of defendant was unprovoked and unjustifiable, and that he, plaintiff, was thereby injured in his feelings and reputation, standing and business,…
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