McVea v. Vance
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Alfred Dillingham Land, Judge. Action by Mattie S. McVea and husband against Vance & Logan. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
This is a suit for the recovery of a balance alleged to be due on the first of a series of notes given for the rent of a plantation. The defense is that the *1000plantation does not contain the acreage of “land in cultivation” called for by the lease, and that there should be an abatement of the rent. The lease, which was entered into in December, 1901, and runs for five years from January 1, 1902, reads, in part, “that certain plantation known as Cash Point Plantation, containing about 1,100 or 1,200 acres in cultivation. The consideration of the above lease being…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State v. BuckSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1894
- Hall v. NevillSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1848
- Fiske v. Fleming's SyndicSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1840
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