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BECNEL v. BOUDREAUX

No. 7740.

340 So.2d 687 (1976)

Daniel E. BECNEL, Jr. v. Donald BOUDREAUX.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, in pro. per.

Carville & Edrington, Richard L. Edrington, Roland J. St. Martin, LaPlace, for defendant-appellant.

Before GULOTTA, STOULIG and BEER, JJ.

GULOTTA, Judge.

Defendant in this defamation suit appeals from a $5,000.00 judgment in favor of plaintiff. We reverse.

The litigation arose out of utterances made by defendant, a member of the St. John the Baptist Parish School Board, at a public meeting of the Board. Several months before this incident, plaintiff, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., a practicing attorney, had filed against the Board, at its request, a suit to reapportion the school board districts. A...

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