Pairque v. Lake Eugenie Land Development, Inc.

This matters comes before us on appeal from a judgment maintaining an exception of no cause of action and dismissing plaintiffs’ suit.

The petition alleges that plaintiffs had leased for trapping purposes certain lands of which defendants thought themselves to be the owners. The lease, which was made part of the petition, provided in paragraph ten:

“In the event Lessee should be legally ejected from any of the lands now leased due to the fact that the title of Lessor is defective, then Lessor shall compensate Lessee by payment to Lessee of the sum of fifty cents (50q) per acre for the lands…