The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-08-02
BIG DAMAGE SUIT
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LEGATION Of said charges was fore
seen, intended and designed by said
defendants and each Of them; that
plaintiff is informed and believes
and so believing, charges that the
defendants solicited, arranged for
and secured publication of said
charges in the New Orleans Item, a
newspaper published in the City Of
New Orleans, Louisiana, and having
a statewide circulation, and a large
number of readers in the Parish of
jefferson Davis.
Plaintiff alleges that said defend
ants, confederated, conspired and
acted together and in concert i'll all
Of the matters above recited, for
purpose of injuring and damaging
your petitioner.
Petitioner now shows and AYERS
that each and every allegation con-
tanned in the foregoing extracts
from the petition is said suit No. 956,
whereby your petitioner is charged
with any acts Of malfeasance and
misconduct in office, set forth in said
Articles 27, AZ, 43, "A and At of
said petition, were at the time and
have been at all times since, wholly
and entirely false and untrue; that
each and every one of said alIega-
tons was and is defamatory of your
petitioner and constitutes a mallcl-
Gus libel against him.
Petitioner further alleges that
each and all of said allegations charg-
ing malfeasance and misconduct in
any way against your petitioner, was
made and sworn to by the defend
ants herein without probable cause,
with malice, for the purpose and in
tention of defaming petitioner, OF
bringing him in public contempt and
disrepute and to damage his reputa-
ton for honesty and official integ-
rity, and that said defendants through
said allegations and the publication
thereof, have so injured and damag-
ed YOUR petitioner
Plaintiff AYERS that said ibelous
and false charges and said tortuous
acts on the part of said defendants
have injured your petitioner in the
sum Of not less than Eighteen Hun
bred and no 100 Dollars, for which
defendants are liable to your petit
toner in solido.
Plaintiff specially reserves the
right to sue in a separate action and
to collect from, each and every 9TH
err person or newspaper who is in
any manner responsible for or has
given publicity to said charges, the
damages suffered by him from said
libelous and defamatory statements.
Wherefore, premises considered,
petitioner prays that the said James
0. Modisette, Charles R. Houssiere,
Thomas C. Mahaffey, Guy P. Ran
dolph, Phillip Fl. Hoag, Avery c. Will
kins and Milton C. Holt, each be
cited to appear and answer heretoi
that after the expiration of legal de-
laws and due proceedings had there
be judgment in favor Of your petit
toner and against said defendants
and each of them, in solido, in the
sum of Eighteen Hundred and no
100 Dollars, as damages, with five
per cent per annum interest thereon
from date of judicial demand until
paid: for all costs of this suit, for all
orders and DEGREES necessary in the
premises and for full, general and
equitable relief.
By his Attorneys,
JOHN 7. HOOD,
E. D. MILLER,
Mccoy & MOSS.
State of Louisiana.
Parish of Jefferson Davis.
Before me, the undersigned duly
commissioned and qualified notary
public in and for said Parish and
State, on this day personally came
and appeared A. T. Jones, who be.
ing duly sworn and on oath deposes
and says:
That he is plaintiff in the forego.
ing suit; that he has read the fore.
going petition, and that all of the
allegations of fact therein contain,
ed are true and correct; that as tt
the allegations therein contained
made upon information and belief