THOMPSON v. ST. AMANT

No. 6571.

184 So.2d 314 (1966)

Herman A. THOMPSON v. Phil A. ST. AMANT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. G. Van Buskirk, Clinton, for appellant.

Robert L. Kleinpeter, of Kantrow, Spaht & Kleinpeter, Baton Rouge, for appellee.

Before ELLIS, LOTTINGER, LANDRY, REID and BAILES, JJ.


REID, Judge.

Plaintiff in this action, Captain Herman A. Thompson of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Department, alleges he was libeled and slandered by the defendant, Phil A. St. Amant, in a television address made by the defendant and a subsequent printed news release prepared by the defendant.

The case was tried on May 5, 1964 and for written reasons assigned May 8, 1964, judgment was rendered against the defendant awarding the plaintiff the sum of...

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