McPherson v. Warren

ELLIS, Judge.

Plaintiff, Wesley McPherson, instituted this suit against the defendant H. F. Warren for $1,000, based upon the fact that he placed $500 with the defendant as earnest money for the purchase of a portion of Lot 12, Square 1, Rosedale Subdivision, in the City of Baton Rouge, subject to an oral agreement to purchase.

Some time during the month of April, 1948 plaintiff and defendant entered into an oral agreement whereby the defendant agreed to sell to the plaintiff the property for the sum of $5,000 cash. It was understood at the time of the original agreement that the plaintiff was…