Hinrichs v. City of New Orleans

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Miller, J.

This is an appeal from the judgment against the plaintiff on his demand for a diminution of the rent stipulated by him to be paid for the lease of the public markets of this city and for the deduction of amount claimed by him from the amount of the rent note last maturing and in the hands of the city when plaintiff sued.

In April, 1893, the city leased to the plaintiff for three years the public markets, or rather the revenues of the markets, for the price of one hundred and ninety thousand two hundred dollars, one thirty-sixth part paid on…