Laborde v. Aymond

Plaintiff, alleging the breach thereof, sued to recover the balance due under a written lease. Defendant averred the contract 'sued on was never effectuated, and that his occupancy of plaintiff’s premises was under an oral lease from month to month, which he terminated on proper notice. Defendant denied any indebtedness to plaintiff. The court below dismissed plaintiff’s suit, and plaintiff has appealed from the judgment.

Plaintiff was the owner in the year 1921 of a vacant lot of ground fronting on Murray street near Thirteenth street in the city of Alexandria. On October 21, 1929, plaintiff…