ROY & ROY v. RIDDLE

No. 1722.

187 So.2d 492 (1966)

ROY & ROY, A. J. Roy and Chris J. Roy, Individually and as Partners, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Charles A. RIDDLE, Jr., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunt, Godwin, Painter & Roddy, by Fred R. Godwin, Lake Charles, for plaintiffs-appellants.

David I. Couvillion, Marksville, John A. Boatner, Jr., Bunkie, and Charles A. Riddle, Jr., Marksville, for defendant-appellee.

Before TATE, HOOD, and CULPEPPER, JJ.


TATE, Judge.

This defamation suit is brought by A. J. Roy (Sr.) and Chris J. Roy individually and as a law partnership. Made defendant is Charles A. Riddle, a member of the Avoyelles Parish bar, as are the plaintiffs. The trial court granted the defendant summary judgment dismissing the suit. The plaintiffs appeal.

The suit is based upon a letter signed by George and Mary Washington directed to Chris J. Roy and his lawyer brother, A. J. Roy, Jr. (The...

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