Case Name: HARRIS v. TENNIS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1921-05-30
Citations: 149 La. 295
Docket Number: No. 23352
Parties: HARRIS v. TENNIS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Reports
Volume: 149
Pages: 295–297

Head Matter:
(88 South. 912)
No. 23352.
HARRIS v. TENNIS.
(May 30, 1921.)
(Syllabus by Editorial Staff.)
Landlord and tenant <&wkey;!64(2) — Wife of lessee held not entitled to recover for injuries resulting from decayed window casing.
A wife was not entitled to recover under Code, art. 2717, for personal injuries received; owing to the rottenness of a window frame of a house leased by defendant to her husband, in which they lived; the appliance for holding up the sash giving way, and the sash falling upon her hand and crushing it, in view of article 2716, the husband, and not the lessor, being at' fault.
Monroe, C. J., dissenting.
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Porter Parker, Judge.
Action by Eliza Harris against John A. Tennis. 'Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
Affirmed.
Hiddleston Kenner, of New Orleans, for appellant.
Delvaille H. Théard, of New Orleans, for appellee.

Opinion:
PROVOSTY, J.
Plaintiff alleges that, owing to the rottenness of the window frame of the house leased by defendant to her husband, in which they lived, the appliance fox-holding up the sash gave way, and the sash fell upon her hand and crushed it, and she sues the defendant lessor in damages. She founds her action xxpon the following article of the Civil Code:
"Art. 2717. The expenses of the repairs, which unforeseen events ox- decay may render necessary, must be supported by the lessor-, though such repairs be of the nature of those which are usually done by the lessee."
But the case falls under article 2716, which reads:
"The repairs, which must be made at the expense of the tenant, are those which, during the lease, it becomes íxccessary to make:
"To windows, shuttex-s, partitions, shop windows, locks and hinges, and everything of that kind, according to the custom of the place."
Inasmuch as the person in default for failure to make the repair was plaintiff's husband, she cannot recover of defendant. The trial coui-t so held.
Judgment affirmed, at appellant's cost.