WALKER v. ASSOCIATED PRESS

No. 10161.

162 So.2d 437 (1964)

Edwin A. WALKER, Plaintiff-Relator, v. The ASSOCIATED PRESS and the Times-Picayune Publishing Corporation, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1964.

Writ Refused June 8, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilkinson, Lewis, Woods & Carmody, Shreveport, for plaintiff-relator.

Hargrove, Guyton, Van Hook & Ramey, Shreveport, for The Associated Press, defendant-respondent.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, for The Times-Picayune Publishing Corporation, defendant-respondent.

Before HARDY, GLADNEY, AYRES, and BOLIN, JJ.


AYRES, Judge.

This is an action in tort instituted against the defendants in the First Judicial District Court in and for Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Plaintiff seeks to recover damages for libel.

Writs were issued under our supervisory powers to permit a review of and to inquire into the validity of an order sustaining an exception of improper venue of the court and transferring this cause, under the provisions of LSA-C.C.P. Art. 121, to the Civil District Court...

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