U. S. DAUGHTERS, ETC. v. LA., ETC.

No. 81-C-0629.

404 So.2d 941 (1981)

UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS OF 1812—CHALMETTE CHAPTER v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND TOURISM and the Louisiana State Museum Board, Inc.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Kendall L. Vick, Evelyn T. Brooks, Asst. Attys. Gen., for defendant-applicant.

Stanley E. Loeb, Moise W. Dennery, New Orleans (amicus curiae), for plaintiff-respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether plaintiff corporation, who obtained as seller in an act of sale the right to use the lower floor of a particular building for the duration of its corporate existence, loses that right by the expiration of 30 years.

In 1921 the State of Louisiana acquired from plaintiff a building in New Orleans known as the Jackson House. As partial consideration for the sale plaintiff was given the use of the ground floor...

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