Rulf v. Von Schoeler

JANVIER, Judge.

This suit has as its object the return to plaintiff of $500, paid by him to the defendants for the right to trap wild fur-bearing animals on certain land described in a written lease. The term of the lease was from November 20th, 1946, through March 31st, 1949. In addition to the cash paid, — $500—plaintiff agreed to pay over to the defendants a designated proportion of the proceeds of the trapping operations.

About twenty days after the commencement of the lease, the lessee abandoned the land, and, alleging that he had been threatened with arrest for trapping on the land and…