O'Neal v. Pizzolatto

This is an ejectment suit wherein the plaintiff seeks to evict the defendant from part of a brick building in Houma. It is alleged that the defendant occupies the premises under a month to month lease at the rental of $35 per month; that due notice was served on the defendant to vacate the premises, and he refuses to do so. The defendant set up a special defense, alleging that he entered into a verbal agreement with plaintiff for a lease of these premises for a period of five years from July 1, 1945.

The trial judge rendered a judgment dismissing plaintiffs rule, and decreed that the defendant…