Lounsberry v. Hoffpauir

TATE, Judge.

A mother and one son sue to evict another son from possession of certain lands owned by or subject to the mother’s usu-fruct and allegedly leased to the plaintiff son. By other pleadings and a stipulation, the issue became whether the defendant son was entitled to recognition of a lease of the lands from his mother.

One issue of the litigation is that the second son, after obtaining recognition of his leasehold rights, abrogated the agreement by refusing to permit his mother to construct a fence and to make levee and canal repairs on the land. The present suit was consolidated for…