Bennett v. Southern Scrap Material Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. Action by C. S. Bennett and another against the Southern Scrap Material Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Plaintiffs sued the defendant, their former lessee, for $7,850 damages alleged to have been occasioned by the collapse of a leased building, due to the failure of the lessee to make necessary repairs as stipulated in the contract.
The defense was a general and special denial of the alleged obligation of the defendant to repair or reconstruct the rotten pillars, which were the cause of the collapse complained of by the plaintiffs; and the defendant also claimed damages in reeonvention in the sum of $1,354 for the alleged failure of the plaintiffs, after notice, to prevent said collapse, and…
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