Automatique New Orleans, Inc. v. Capitano

SAMUEL, Judge.

Plaintiff was the lessee and defendant the lessor of a commercial building in the City of New Orleans. The written lease, entered into on July 10, 1962, provided for *759a primary term of ten years, a monthly rental of $575 and a $3,300 cash deposit, which plaintiff made, to secure payment of rent for the last six months of the term. The lease came to an end on September 9, 1965 when the building was so heavily damaged during Hurricane Betsy it was unfit for occupancy. The $575 rent for the month of September, 1965 had been paid on the first of that month.

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