Pontalba v. Domingon
Supreme Court of Louisiana
EASTERN DlST. AIl'EAI. PROM THE COURT OP THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action for rent. The plaintiff alleges he leased st new house unfinished, but which was finished, and the defendants, Bauduc & Domingon, entered and took possession of the same the 1st of August, 1828, for ten years, at two thousand dollars per annum.
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EASTERN DlST. AIl'EAI. PROM THE COURT OP THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. This is an action for rent. The plaintiff alleges he leased st new house unfinished, but which was finished, and the defendants, Bauduc & Domingon, entered and took possession of the same the 1st of August, 1828, for ten years, at two thousand dollars per annum. He further states, that on the 31st January, 1835, .the defendants left said house without cause, and refuse to pay the rent, according to said lease; that there is three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents due for rent, during the months of…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The plaintiff leased a house to the defendants for ten years. Considerable repairs being wanted, he ■ employed workmen to effect them. The defendants, finding their stay in the house inconvenient while the repairs were going on, left it, and handed the key to the workmen. The repairs bein'g completed, and the key being offered to them, they declined to receive it and return to the house.
The present action was brought for rent. The defendants, w a plea in reconvention, prayed for a dissolution of-the J if lease and for damages, and there was verdict for the defendants, and the plaintiff…
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