McClure v. McMartin

Citations

• 104 La. 496

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>1. Where slanderous reports are shown to have been originated or circulated, the law presumes malice upon the one hand, and injury upon the other, and damages will be awarded.</p> <p>2. Where a defendant, charged with the utterance of certain slanderous statements, does not attempt to justify or plead in mitigation, but denies the utterance of the statements as charged, evidence tending to establish the truth of such statements should be excluded.</p> <p>3. The husband not shown to have been cognizant of the slanderous utterances of his wife is not liable therefor.</p>