Guidry v. Breaux

This is a suit for damages for slander. Tbe case was tried by a jury, wbo rejected tbe demand. Tbe plaintiff bas appealed.

Tbe parties to tbe suit, wbo are farmers and immediate neighbors, bad a quarrel, in which, it is alleged, tbe defendant used slanderous language, in tbe presence of tbe plaintiff’s two children and a colored farm band. Wherefore, tbe plaintiff claims $3,000 damages. Tbe claim is so exaggerated that we have concluded -to transfer tbe case to tbe Court of Appeal, which bas exclusive appellate jurisdiction of such cases when tbe amount in contest does not exceed $2,000. Tbe…