Meyers v. George

This is a suit for damages for the alleged slander and abuse of the plaintiff and his wife. The trial judge dismissed the suit, with costs, and the plaintiffs appealed from the judgment. Only questions of fact are involved.

The plaintiff and his wife were tenants of the defendant, They were in arrears in the payment of the rent due by them. They were served with a notice to vacate the defendant’s premises. They rented a house in a different part of the city of New Orleans and moved into it. A few days thereafter the defendant located the house then occupied by the plaintiffs and called at that…