Coffee v. Smith
Citations
- 109 La. 440
- 33 So. 554
- 1903 La. LEXIS 395
Syllabus
<p>LIBEL — WHAT CONSTITUTES — LANDLORD AND TENANT — RELATIONSHIP.</p> <p>1. Letters written by a person to the attorney of another, giving his version of a business transaction with his client, with the view of setting himself right, and avoiding anticipated litigation, and not to injure the other party, gives rise to no damages where the facts stated are substantially correct, and the deductions to be drawn from them were fairly reasonable, though in point of fact they were incorrect.</p> <p>2. Plaintiff held to have been the tenant of the ■ defendant though it was in contemplation that, after the parties had completed the contract, a •written instrument should be signed.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>
How courts have described this case
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- dismissing a complaint of manufacturing defect on the basis that plaintiff’s claims were conclusory and did not contain sufficient factual specificity
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Judges: Nicholls
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