Colligan v. Benoit

Plaintiff bought at sheriff’s sale, May 11, 1929, a tract of 146 arpents of land situated near Church Point, Acadia parish.

He alleges that after his purchase he informed defendant, Benoit, who was farming a part of the land, that he had bought it at public sale, and told Benoit he would allow him to continue his planting operations for the current year, provided Benoit paid him the customary share of all crops raised by him, being one-third of all cotton produced on the land, divided at the gin; one-third of all corn and one-fourth of all sweet potatoes. He further avers that defendant…