CLEMENTS v. RYAN

No. 10883.

382 So.2d 279 (1980)

Faye Ross, wife of and E. L. CLEMENTS, Jr. v. Ashton J. RYAN and United China & Glass Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Glancey, Jr., Stanley E. Loeb, New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Jesse R. Adams, Jr., Mark B. Meyers, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before GULOTTA, BOUTALL and CHEHARDY, JJ.


CHEHARDY, Judge.

This is an action for defamation which was brought by the plaintiff-appellant Mrs. Faye Ross Clements and her husband, E. L. Clements, Jr., against United China & Glass Company and its former president, Ashton J. Ryan, in Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans.

The trial court granted defendants' motion for directed verdict at the close of plaintiff's case on the finding of insufficient evidence of publication of the accusations...

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