Hoffman v. Laurans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL PROM THE COMMERCIAL COURT OP NEW ORLEANS. This is an action against Pierre Laurans as owner, and Stansbury & Tensfield a firm doing business, -and lessees of Laurans’s house on the corner of Magazine and Gravier street, to render the former liable with the latter for their debt due by note to certain builders, which was transferred to the plaintiff. He alleges that Laurans leased his house to the other defendants, who employed Messrs.
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APPEAL PROM THE COMMERCIAL COURT OP NEW ORLEANS. This is an action against Pierre Laurans as owner, and Stansbury & Tensfield a firm doing business, -and lessees of Laurans’s house on the corner of Magazine and Gravier street, to render the former liable with the latter for their debt due by note to certain builders, which was transferred to the plaintiff. He alleges that Laurans leased his house to the other defendants, who employed Messrs. Slack & Smallidge, builders to make repairs and alterations on the leased premises. Their contract was for $2000 and recorded. Stans-bury & Tensfield…
1Opinion of the CourtMorphy, J.
Stansbury and Tensfield having rented of defendant a house and lot at the corner of Gravier and Magazine streets, became desirous of converting the premises into large billiard rooms ; and they obtained his permission to do so; they engaging to pay *71an additional rent and to make at their own expense the necessary improvements and alterations, and defendant agreeing to contribute $416 towards the cost of the same,, and to extend the lease from three to five years. In November, 1836, the lessees accordingly contracted with Slack & Smallidgewho undertook for $2000 to make the proposed…
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