HOWARD MOTORS, INC. v. BEESON

Nos. 83-CA-807 to 83-CA-809.

453 So.2d 652 (1984)

HOWARD MOTORS, INC. v. James E. BEESON and Sam Gattuso. James E. BEESON and Sam Gattuso v. CNA INSURANCE COMPANY d/b/a Continental Casualty Company. SPINATO CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH, INC. v. HOWARD MOTORS, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

June 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ewell P. Walther, Jr., Paul L. Zimmering, Kyle D. Schonekas, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, for Howard Motors, Inc.

Nel F. Vezina, Roy J.D. Gattuso, Vezina & Associates, Gretna, for James E. Beeson and Sam Gattuso.

Frank M. Repass, III, Raymon G. Jones, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, for CNA Ins. Co., d/b/a Continental Cas. Co.

A.J. Capritto, New Orleans, for Spinato Chrysler Plymouth, Inc.

Before KLIEBERT, GAUDIN and DUFRESNE, JJ.


KLIEBERT, Judge.

Following a fire on the leased premises on May 13, 1981, Howard Motors, Inc., the original lessee, filed suit against their lessors, James E. Beeson and Sam Gattuso, for money damages. The basis for lessee's claim was the lessors' alleged breach of the lease agreement by their failure to repair the damages caused by the fire. The lessors defended on the grounds the lease had terminated under its own provisions, hence, they were not required to make...

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