Abdallah v. Uptown Dante Supermarket, Inc.

_]jOn May 28, 2012, appellant Uptown Dante Supermarket, Inc. (hereinafter “Dante”), signed a lease for a corner market at Dante and Spruce streets in New Orleans from Adel Abdallah. Abdallah had operated the market since 1992. The lease set the rent at $7500 a month rent, $3000 of which was for rent of the property and $4500 for rent of the equipment. The lease was signed by both parties and properly recorded.

In January of 2013, the parties entered into a new lease to rent the business for $1500 per month. The lease, which was also signed by both parties and recorded, did not include a…