KENT v. STEWART

Nos. 14642, 14643.

413 So.2d 583 (1982)

W. D. KENT, et al. v. Minnie STEWART, et al. Carretha Lee BUTLER, et al. v. SAM MABRY LUMBER COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. B. Ponder, Smith, for plaintiffs-appellants in No. 14642 and defendants-appellees in No. 14643.

John Schmidt, Hammond, for defendants-appellees in No. 14642.

Ashton L. Sommers, Stephen Peters, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants in No. 14643.

Before ELLIS, PONDER and SAVOIE, JJ.


PONDER, Judge.

W. D. Kent, Kent Piling Company, Inc., and L. B. Ponder, Jr. appealed from a judgment denying damages for libel, slander, defamation and malicious prosecution and finding that the Lee heirs, plaintiffs in one suit and defendants in the other, were not in contempt of court.

The issues are: the scope of an injunction issued in a prior suit and the dismissal of a suit for damages resulting from libel, slander, defamation and malicious prosecution...

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