Copelco Leasing Corp., Cross-Appellee v. Diagnostic Imaging Services of St. Tammany, Inc., Cross-Appellant, and Charles E. Baier, M.D.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
In this breach of contract diversity case, lessees Diagnostic Imaging Services of St. Tammany, Inc. and Charles E. Baier, M.D., et ah, appeal a grant of summary judgment holding that they breached their lease by failing to pay lease taxes. The lessor, Co-pelco Leasing Corporation, cross-appeals the district court’s refusal to award it costs, interest and attorney’s fees. Because the plain terms of the lease obligated the defendants to pay lease taxes, we hold that their belated payments into a court registry did not relieve them of the consequences of default,…
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