Legal Opinion

Bijou Co. v. Lehmann

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided March 4, 1907No. 16,186PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Walter Byers Sommerville, Judge. Action by the Bijou Company against Henry Lehmann. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.

In February, 1905, the plaintiff sued the defendant on three notes for $2,500 *957each, falling due in 1908. The petition alleged that the said notes were to be paid out of the rents to accrue under a certain lease executed between the parties on November 3, 1903, of the property known as “Wenger’s Theater,” but that said lease never took effect for the reason that the defendant failed to have said premises ready for occupancy on September 1, 1904, as stipulated in said lease. The petition further alleged that the defendant was formally put in default, and, recognizing his default, subsequently…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Negrotto v. Judges of the Court of AppealsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1893
  2. Lea v. TerrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1860
  3. State ex rel. Borland v. Judge of the Second Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1878
  4. State ex rel. Hanau v. Cresent Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1859

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Bickham v. PittsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1936
  2. Jackson v. YoungLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
  3. Lamb v. General Film Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
  4. Davenport v. AshSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1908
  5. Fellman v. Royal Ins.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1911

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