Case Name: Paul Lieuteaud v. Jeanneaud & Cathalogne
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1868-05
Citations: 20 La. 327
Docket Number: No. 1486
Parties: Paul Lieuteaud v. Jeanneaud & Cathalogne.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 20
Pages: 327–328

Head Matter:
No. 1486.
Paul Lieuteaud v. Jeanneaud & Cathalogne.
Where a party made a Jease of a house in New Orleans for the period of five years with his written consent that the lessee might renew the lease at its expiration for the same length of time, on the same terms and conditions, and the sub-lessee with the consent of the lessor, notifies him, the lessor, that he desires to renew the lease, according to the agreement, the lessor cannot avoid a renewal of the lease, on the ground that his consent so to do, was obtained through error orfraud. -
Where one of two innocent parties must suffer loss or inconvenience, it should fall on the party who , induced it.
APPEAL from the Fourth District Court of New Orleans, Théard, J.
A. Robert, for plaintiff and appellant.
£?. Schmidt, for defendants and appellees.

Opinion:
Hyman, C. J.
This suit is brought by plaintiff to evict his tenants of a house and lot in New Orleans, because, as he alleges, the lease had expired on the 1st September, 1867.
Defendants contend that the lease was renewed for five years from that date, and ask the Court so to decree.
A lease was made by plaintiff to G. Gessely, of the property, for five years from 1st September, 1862.
On the 20fch October, 1862, Gessely sold, by written act, to Lancour & Baron, his stock of goods in the house rented, and also his right and interest to the contract of lease, which he described in the act to be a lease for the term of five years from the 1st of September, 1862, at the rent of forty-five dollars per month, with the privilege of renewing it at the expiration of that time for five years more, on the same terms.
At the foot of the act, plaintiff wrote his consent to the transfer of the lease.
In March, 1863, Baron sold the right of lease to P. Labrousse. Plaintiff gave his written consent thereto on the act of sale by Gessely to Lancour & Baron.
In March, 1864, plaintiff consented to the transfer of the lease from Labrousse to defendant.
Before 1st September, 1867, the time when the lease would have expired without renewal, defendants notified plaintiff that they would renew it for five years as stipulated.
Plaintiff contends that he made no agreement with Gessely by which the right was granted to renew the lease; that he knew not, that in the act of sale by Gessely to Lancour & Baron, the statement was made, that the lease could be renewed; that he consented to the transfer of the lease in the sale, because he supposed that the lease described therein was such as he had agreed to with Gessely, and that his consent was obtained through error-or fraud, and was given through inadvertence.
It may be as plaintiff contends, but, by his written statements, he caused defendants to. believe that the lease was to be renewed at the option of the lessee, and thus believing, they purchased with his consent, the rights to, as they supposed, a contract of lease, which he had before, and at the time of their purchase declared to be his contract.
When one of two innocent persons must suffer loss or inconvenience, it should fall upon him who induced it.
The judgment of the District Gourt was rendered as asked for by defendants.
It is decreed that the judgment be affirmed, the plaintiff, who is appellant, is to pay costs of appeal.