Bonnet v. Legras
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the District Court of Rapides, Boyce, J. Thu plaintiff alleges that he leased from the defendant for five years, at an annual rent of fifteen hundred dollars, a building which had been occupied by the husband of the defendant, then deceased, as a coffee house and confectionary, and which he proposed to use for the same purpose; that he was induced to pay so high a rent in consideration of the benefit to be derived from various fixtures and utensils connected with…
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Appeal from the District Court of Rapides, Boyce, J. Thu plaintiff alleges that he leased from the defendant for five years, at an annual rent of fifteen hundred dollars, a building which had been occupied by the husband of the defendant, then deceased, as a coffee house and confectionary, and which he proposed to use for the same purpose; that he was induced to pay so high a rent in consideration of the benefit to be derived from various fixtures and utensils connected with the establishment, and offered to him by the lessor as an inducement to take the premises 5 that since the date of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
This is an action to recover damages of a lessor for violation of the contract of lease. The case was submitted to a *93jury who found a verdict for the plaintiff for one hundred and ninety-five dollars. The defendant made a motion for a new trial, which being overruled, and judgment rendered upon the verdict, she appealed.
' ' It is contended by her counsel that the court erred in not allowing a new trial, upon her affidavit of newly discovered evidence.
She made oath that since the trial she had discovered that one Ralph Canada, now residing in "Natchez, can prove that he was s.olicited by…
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