Lafayette Realty Co. v. J. Panno & Co.

Citations

• 12 Teiss. 182
• 1915 La. App. LEXIS 22

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>No action can lie on a contract the consideration of which i3 prohibited by law.</p> <p>The lessee of a barroom sued for rent, should be permitted to introduce testimony in support of his defense, when he. alleges in his answer that his lessor, though ostensibly an independent company, is really and in fact only a branch of a brewing company, which is prohibited by law to be the owner of, or .interested in, any lease of a barroom.</p>