Liberty Oil Co. v. Joy

JANVIER, Judge.

We are called upon to construe a clause contained in a written lease and to determine whether the said clause placed upon the tenant the obligation of paying certain paving charges levied upon the leased property. The said clause required that the tenant should pay “⅜ * * All federal, state, parish, city, drainage and any other taxes or assessments that may be lawfully levied by any taxing authority against the property herein leased.”

For a full statement of the controversy see the original opinion rendered by us in this matter, 147 So. 375.

The liquidators of the former tenant,…