Opinion ID: 1820562
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Heading: LAW LSA-C.C. art. 2725 provides:

Text: The lessee has a right to underlease, or even to cede his lease to another person, unless this power has been expressly interdicted. The interdiction may be for the whole, or for a part; and this clause is always construed strictly. Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. International Harvester, 368 So.2d 1009 (La., 1979) held that the lessor did not impliedly consent to a sublease and ordered dissolution of the lease. However, there was good faith bargaining and no abuse of the lessor's right to withhold permission for the sublease. A lessor cannot unreasonably, arbitrarily, or capriciously withhold his consent to a sublease when subleasing is not prohibited or interdicted. Gamble v. New Orleans Housing Mart, Inc., 154 So.2d 625 (La.App. 4 Cir.1963), writ denied 244 La. 1027, 156 So.2d 229 (1963). Here, it was expressly stipulated that the lessor's consent could not be unreasonably withheld.