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DESHOTEL v. THISTLETHWAITE

No. 44116.

121 So.2d 222 (1960)

240 La. 12

C. Kenneth DESHOTEL v. John R. THISTLETHWAITE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrus & Pavy, Lewis & Lewis, Opelousas, for defendant-appellant.

Kantrow, Spaht, West & Kleinpeter, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee.

HAWTHORNE, Justice.

The appeal in this case is from a judgment of the district court awarding petitioner $5,000 in damages under Article 2315 of the Louisiana Civil Code for an alleged defamation.

C. Kenneth Deshotel, an attorney, brought this suit against John R. Thistlethwaite, editor and publisher of the Daily World, a St. Landry Parish newspaper with a circulation of about 9,000, for $90,000 in damages because of allegedly defamatory remarks made by Thistlethwaite...

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