BURTON v. TRENTACOSTE

No. 6544.

304 So.2d 804 (1974)

Martha Burton, wife of and Peter BURTON v. S. TRENTACOSTE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Bruno, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Benjamin E. Loup, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before REDMANN, LEMMON and STOULIG, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

Lessees appeal from a judgment dismissing on the merits their suit against the lessor for injuries allegedly received from a door on the leased premises which fell from its hinges.

Lessees theorize the district judge may have dismissed on the legal ground that C. C. art. 2716's obliging the lessee to repair hinges also negates the lessor's liability; see Moore v. Aughey, 1918, 142 La. 1042, 78 So. 110; Harris v. Tennis, 1921, 149 La. 295, 88...

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