HEMENWAY FURNITURE COMPANY v. CORBETT

No. 33.

126 So.2d 666 (1961)

HEMENWAY FURNITURE COMPANY, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Perry H. CORBETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1961.

Certiorari Denied April 7, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gist, Murchison & Gist, by D. Cameron Murchison, Alexandria, for defendant-appellant.

Stafford & Pitts, by Grove Stafford, Sr., Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TATE, FRUGE, and HOOD, JJ.


FRUGE, Judge.

This is a suit for specific performance arising from a lease containing an option to purchase. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff and rejecting defendant's demands, defendant prosecutes this appeal.

On May 27, 1937 Hemenway, Inc., the predecessor of plaintiff herein, entered into a contract of lease of certain property with defendant. The lease provided for a term of twenty years, commencing June, 1937 and ending May 31, 1957. The premises...

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