Tate v. Fakouri

On the Merits

The trial court, with written reasons, concluded that the plaintiff had entered into negotiations with the defendant, Fakouri, and that this defendant caused him to believe he could farm the rice allotment for the year 1957 on Fakouri’s tract of land. Also, and the record so discloses, any negotiations were made with the understanding that a written lease would be executed. One was prepared but was never executed. The plaintiff went to Opelousas to execute the lease and contends Fakouri, at that time, told him the lease was lost and there was no reason to have one. Fakouri…