COSTELLO v. SPALITTA

No. 5-13.

414 So.2d 824 (1982)

Joseph M. COSTELLO, III v. Emile J. SPALITTA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. McHale, Jr., New Orleans, for Emile J. Spalitta, defendant-appellant.

Matthew A. Wellman of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for Joseph M. Costello, III, plaintiff-appellee.

Before BOUTALL, CHEHARDY and KLIEBERT, JJ.


BOUTALL, Judge.

This case involves the interpretation of a release given by a landlord to his tenant upon mutual cancellation of a lease.

Emile J. Spalitta leased a portion of a building from its owner, Albert J. Ortte, who subsequently sold the building to petitioner, Joseph M. Costello. The lease was for a term of five years with renewal privileges and contained a clause providing that at the expiration of the lease the lessee shall return the building to...

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