Thomas v. Stuart

DIXON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment condemning defendant, John G. Stuart, to vacate certain property leased to him in Red River Parish by the plaintiff, Ben L. Thomas, Jr. The judgment also rejected the demands of Stuart (plaintiff in recon-vention) for costs of clearing certain other property of plaintiff and preparing the land in question for the crop to be planted.

Thomas instituted this suit on January 24, 1969. It alleged that Stuart was in possession of certain land, owned by plaintiff, under a verbal lease agreed to by the parties many years before; that plaintiff had…