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FONTENOT v. WEST BROS. OF EUNICE, INC.

No. 5827.

343 So.2d 446 (1977)

Mrs. Wayne FONTENOT et al., Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. WEST BROS. OF EUNICE, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 4, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dubuisson, Brinkhaus & Dauzat by Edward B. Dubuisson, Opelousas, Fusilier, Pucheau & Soileau by J. William Pucheau, Ville Platte, for defendant-appellant.

A. Bruce Rozas, Mamou, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a suit for damages resulting from an alleged malicious prosecution. Plaintiff, Mrs. Wayne Fontenot, was arrested and charged with issuing a worthless check to defendant department store, West Bros. of Eunice, Inc. The trial court rendered judgment against West Bros. and awarded plaintiff damages of $1,700 on the grounds that defendants' actions were reckless and indifferent to the rights of plaintiff and therefore constituted malice. Defendant...

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