Legal Opinion
Dyer v. Varnell
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 23, 1960No. 9228PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARDY, Judge.
This is an action of eviction instituted by plaintiffs, L. H. and R. C. Dyer, as lessors, against their lessee, Mrs. Pearl Varnell. From a judgment in favor of defendant dismissing plaintiffs’ suit, they prosecute this appeal.
The basis for plaintiffs’ action of eviction rests upon the allegation that defendant is in possession of the leased premises under an oral lease on a month-to-month basis. The defense is predicated upon the contention that the named lessee holds possession of the leased premises under two separate written instruments of lease providing a term of three years…
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