Case Name: Henry Laurence vs. O. Lelievre
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 1 Mann. Unrep. Cas. 11
Docket Number: No. 5522
Parties: Henry Laurence vs. O. Lelievre.
Judges: 
Reporter: Unreported cases heard and determined by the Supreme Court of Louisiana, from January 8, 1877, to April, 1880
Volume: 1
Pages: 11–11

Head Matter:
No. 5522.
Henry Laurence vs. O. Lelievre.
In a suit for rent, the lessee cannot set up in defence that the house was uninhabitable because out of repair, and that he has suffered damages to his furniture and otherwise. If the house needed repairs, and the lessor refused or neglects to make them, the lessee can make them, and deduct the cost thereof from the rent.
Appeal from the Fourth District Court of New Orleans. Lynch, J.
Beckwith for Plaintiff. Bozier for Defendant Appellant.

Opinion:
De Blanc, J.,
delivered the opinion reversing the judgment.