Elster v. Picou
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Action by Mrs. Mary Elster against Albert R. Picou. Judgment for defendant in the city court, and plaintiff appeals. Judgment for plaintiff on trial de novo, and defendant applies for writs of certiorari and prohibition.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
The application herein (for writs of certiorari and prohibition to the judge of the district court, parish of Terrebonne), with the return and records made part thereof, present the following case for the consideration of this court:
Relator (Picou) was in possession of a certain store in the city of Houma, claiming that right as a tenant, under a lease from R. E. Crawford, the owner, running for two years from October 21, 1916, with privilege of renewal, at an annual rental of $420, payable in monthly installments of $35, when, on February 9, 1918, the store…
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