Ilgenfritz v. Normann

My colleagues hold that the original lease was entered into with each lessee individually; that each lessee had the right to renew; that such right of renewal was not dependent on the exercise of that right by all lessees; and that while the new lease attempted to be entered into by plaintiffs cannot be afforded validity it does suffice as a renewal of the old.lease. Because I reject these premises, I must dissent.

*445LSA-C.C. Arts. 2669-2670 provide as follows:

“Lease or hire is a synallagmatic contract, to which consent alone is sufficient, and by which one party gives to the other the enjoyment…