Odier v. Schexnaydre

The plaintiffs leased to the defendants for the year of 1920 their plantation, known as Dive Oak, situated in the parish of Jefferson.

The price of the lease was $3,380, and was evidenced by a note signed by'all three of the defendants and payable on September 15, 1920.

The defendants resided in the parish of St. Charles, and owned in said parish certain tracts of land formerly belonging to or constituting what was known as Ormond plantation. These tracts, as well as, the one leased from the plaintiffs, were cultivated in rice during the year 1920.

In the early part of that year the defendants…