Davilla v. Jones

418 So.2d 724 (1982)

Mrs. Antoinette Ybos DAVILLA

v.

Lowell F. JONES.

No. 13138.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

July 30, 1982.

Stephen M. Chouest, O'Keefe, O'Keefe & Berrigan, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Philip E. James, Jr., Andrew I. Brown, Henican, James & Cleveland, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before REDMANN, C. J., and AUGUSTINE and CIACCIO, JJ.

REDMANN, Chief Judge.

A lessee appeals from a judgment of eviction for non-payment of nine months' rent. The question is whether the circumstances of his dealings with the lessor relative to withholding the rent to make…