Miller v. Michoud

This case presents the following facts: On the 9th. of May, 1829, an authentic act was executed by which the late Nicholas Girod agreed to lease to John F. Miller, for the term of twenty years, a certain lot of ground, situated in the faubourg St. Mary, being the square bounded by New Leveé, Girod, Tchou-pitoulas and Notre Dame streets, for the annual rent of #3000; and it is therein stipulated that, at the expiration of the lease, (9th of May, 1849,) “ Ledit sieur Girod, et ses héritiers ou ayans cause rentreront dans la possession etjouissance du dit lot de terre et des edifices y…