MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.
In considering this case, it is important to keep in mind that the view of the common law of England and of most of the United States, as to the nature of a lease for years, is not that which is taken by the civil law of Rome, Spain, and France, upon which the Civil Code of Louisiana is based.
The common law and the civil law concur in holding that in the case of...
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