Smith v. Bratsos

PONDER, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Mrs. Ethel Blanchard' Smith and Blanchard Smith, leased on January 25, 1940, to the defendant, Louis Bratsos, a certain lot at 1011 Jordan St. in Shreveport with the improvements thereon or to be thereafter erected. The lease was for a term of ten years to begin on April 10, 1940, and end April 9, 1950. It was provided in the lease that if a certain building under construction on the lot was-not ready for occhpancy on April 10, 1940, that the effective date' of the lease would automatically be deferred until the building was completed and ready for occupancy.…