Mathews v. Priest

HAMITER, Judge.

This suit is based on an alleged oral contract of lease. Joseph Mathews claims from Guy Priest the sum of $184 as rental for one year on a 23-acre tract of land in Rapides parish, at the rate of $8 per acre. A writ of provisional seizure was issued under which the sheriff of Rapides parish seized and took into official possession several bales of cotton and other property found on the tract.

On November 21, 1933, the parties entered into an agreement whereby plaintiff was to sell the 23 acres of land in question to defendant on terms of cash and credit. It was understood that a…