Lester v. Corley
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Sixth District Court, Parish of West Carroll. Ellis, J. 1. Every act whatever of man that causes damages to another obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it. O. 0.2815, 2. In an action of slander the only possible defences are: either a denial or a justification, or a confession under mitigating circumstances. R, S. 3640; 14 An 406; 15 An. 166; 86 An. 469; 38 An. 162. 3. There is no such thing in law as a half-way justification.
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APPEAL from the Sixth District Court, Parish of West Carroll. Ellis, J. 1. Every act whatever of man that causes damages to another obliges him by whose fault it happened to repair it. O. 0.2815, 2. In an action of slander the only possible defences are: either a denial or a justification, or a confession under mitigating circumstances. R, S. 3640; 14 An 406; 15 An. 166; 86 An. 469; 38 An. 162. 3. There is no such thing in law as a half-way justification. Townsend, Libel and Slander, Par. 212, and note. 4. Charging plaintiff with being a rogue is slanderous, and actionable, as tending to his…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
This is an action in damages for defamation and slander of the plaintiff’s daughter, and the plaintiff is appellant from *1009an adverse judgment, predicated upon the verdict oí a jury rejecting his demand.
The charge of the petition is that defendant did wilfully, maliciously and libelously slander and defame the character of his fourteen-year-old daughter by asserting in a public place, and in the presence and hearing of a number of persons, that she had been seduced by one John Bowling, who had kept her as his mistress, and was thus keeping her…
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