Beckham v. Hibernia National Bank

11 WILLIAMS, Judge.

Defendant, Hibernia National Bank, appeals a trial court judgment declaring the plaintiff, Charles B. Constanzi, the owner of a modular building placed upon leased premises by the lessee. For the following reasons, we reverse.

FACTS

In April 1989, plaintiffs Charles R. Beck-ham, Charles B. Constanzi and M. Kennon Harvill leased to Hibernia National Bank (“Hibernia”) a tract of land on Highway 80 in Red Chute, Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The written lease granted Hibernia the option to purchase the property upon expiration of the lease in May 1992. The lease also provided that…