Sabine Tram Co. v. Jurgens
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; E. IC Skinner, Judge. Action by the Sabine Tram Company against George Jurgens and others, with re-conventional demand for damages for libel by defendant George Jurgens. Judgment for defendant in reeonvention for part of his claim, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtO’Niell, J.
The only matter in contest here is a reconventional demand on the part of the defendant George Jurgens for damages for libel, based upon judicial allegations in which the plaintiff accused him of certain acts of fraud.
The allegations complained of were made by tbe plaintiff, first in his original petition in this suit, then in a supplemental petition, and afterwards in a petition filed, at the instigation of the plaintiff, by tbe receiver of a corporation styled Southwestern Lumber & Exporting Company, of which Jurgens was a stockholder and director. Jurgens was acquitted of the charges of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lescale v. Joseph Schwartz Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1905
- Chas. E. & W. E. Peck, Ltd. v. Southwestern Lumber & Exporting Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- Commercial Germania Trust & Savings Bank v. JurgensSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1913
3Cited by13 opinions
- Freeman v. CooperSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- Calvert v. SimonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
- Union Service & Maintenance Co. v. PowellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
- Manuel v. DeshotelsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- Waldo v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
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