Young v. Gay
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Twenty-first District Court, Parish of Iberia. Mention, J. 1. An ownor who has entered into a contract to liavo his plantation cultivated, cannot break tho contract without reference to acquired rights. 2. He cannot expel the person with whom he has contracted, and disregard tlie terms of the contract requiring that tho labor of tho one and tho money advanced by tho other shall be secured by tho crop, at the time that the one who has promised to make advances…
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APPEAL from the Twenty-first District Court, Parish of Iberia. Mention, J. 1. An ownor who has entered into a contract to liavo his plantation cultivated, cannot break tho contract without reference to acquired rights. 2. He cannot expel the person with whom he has contracted, and disregard tlie terms of the contract requiring that tho labor of tho one and tho money advanced by tho other shall be secured by tho crop, at the time that the one who has promised to make advances shall see proper to recall his promise. 3. The proprietor or his agent being- present all the time, he should have…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of tlie Court ivas delivered by
McEnery, J.
Tlie plaintiff leased a plantation from the defendant, and alleges that lie was forcibly ejected from the same, and brought this suit to recover the sum of §5512 50, which lie alleges is due him under *760the agreement entered into by him with defendant, and contained in the contract of lease.
The defendant denies the allegation of plaintiff’s petition, alleges violation of the contract of the lease by plaintiff, in consequence of which he has suffered damages to the amount of $5000, which he pleads in reconventi'on. He claims for advances made…
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