Quarles v. Lewis

PONDER, Justice.

The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant seeking judgment to compel the defendant to accept title to a parcel of land situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge and to order the defendant to pay the purchase price in conformity with a contract entered into between the plaintiff and the defendant on December 11, 1948.

The defendant opposed the suit on the ground that the contract of December 11, 1948 was a continuation of a prior agreement, entered into oil August 11, 1948, which contained a suspensive condition, expressed or implied, to the effect that the contract was…