Chase v. Turner
Supreme Court of Louisiana
iWEii FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. EASTERN DlST. This is an action for the rescission of a lease. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant is indebted t.o him in the sum of seventeen hundred and fifty dollars, being the amount of the last quarter’s rent of certain premises in faubourg Delor, in the city of New-Orleans, ending the 1st of January, 1836. He further alleges, that he leased the property in question to the defendant for the term of ten years,…
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iWEii FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT. EASTERN DlST. This is an action for the rescission of a lease. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant is indebted t.o him in the sum of seventeen hundred and fifty dollars, being the amount of the last quarter’s rent of certain premises in faubourg Delor, in the city of New-Orleans, ending the 1st of January, 1836. He further alleges, that he leased the property in question to the defendant for the term of ten years, commencing the 1st of January, 1835, at seven thousand dollars per annum, payable quarterly. He prays that, as the…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin, J-,
delivered the opinion of the court.
In this case, the plaintiff claims a rescission of a lease, on the ground of non-payment of the rent, on the part of the defendant and lessee.
The defendant resists the action, and justifies his conduct in withholding payment of the rent. He avers that the leased premises border on.the Mississippi river, and that the city council of New-Orleans, during the lease, has passed an ordinance prohibiting the use of the batture in front for cutting up boats and rafts of timber, in that part of the city and its faubourgs in which the leased premises are…
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