Rockefeller v. Eggleston

DREW, Judge.

Plaintiff instituted this suit to cancel a surface lease covering lots 3 and 4, block 21, together with buildings and improvements thereon, in the town of Rodessa, La. He also prayed for a money judgment in the amount of $2,485.06 for property removed from the premises by defendant during the existence of the lease. Defendant answered and reconvened for damages, and, after trial of the case below, the lower court awarded judgment on February 1, 1937, in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $100, rejecting the other demands of plaintiff and the reconventional demand of defendant.

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