Simkin v. Vinci

SAMUEL, Judge.

This suit, based on a written one-year lease of business premises in the City of New Orleans, was filed by the lessor against the lessee after the end of the lease term and after the lessee had left the premises. Prior to trial the original defendant died and his widow and children were substituted as defendants.

The petition seeks the sum of $407.38. It alleges the leased building was damaged and/or repairs and cleaning thereof made necessary as a direct result of the defendant’s actions in that “ * * * upon the termination of said lease, the defendant abandoned the premises…