Carroll v. Reine

SAMUEL, Judge.

Plaintiffs, M. S. Carroll, his wife, Lucille Tinsley Carroll, and his sister, Freeda Parker, instituted this suit against the defendant, Guy G. Reine, for damages arising out of the alleged wrongful detention of plaintiffs’ property by the defendant. Following a trial on the merits there was judgment in favor of the defendant, dismissing plaintiffs’ suit. Plaintiffs have appealed.

On November 1, 1969 M. S. Carroll, as lessee, entered into a written contract of lease with the defendant-lessor. The leased property, in the Parish of St. John and known as the “raceway property”,…