Lesseigne v. Cedar Grove Realty Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Wynne G. Rogers, Judge. Suit by Augustin Lesseigne and others against the Cedar Grove Realty Company, Incorporated, upon a note. Judgment for plaintiffs, and they appeal for correction of an error in amount, and defendant answered, asking reversal. Prentiss E. Edrington, Jr., alleging himself aggrieved by the judgment, intervened, and also appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Plaintiffs, as owners of a certain plantation in St. Charles parish, sue for the possession of a rent note amounting to $2,850, for the rent of that plantation for the year beginning March 1, 1920, which rent note they allege was withheld by defendant at the time of the sale of the plantation by the latter to them on January 26, 1920; said note being marked nonnegotiable, and signed by the tenant of the place.
Defendant answered, admitting that it had sold the plantation to the plaintiffs at the time indicated, but that the rent and rent note for the year 1920 was reserved to them, and it did…
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