Fontenot v. Fontenot

CULPEPPER, Judge.

Plaintiffs sue to enforce alleged oral contracts whereby the defendants, mineral lease brokers, induced plaintiffs to lease to defendant’s principal for $5 an acre by promising that if more was paid to any other lessor in the “block”, defendants would come back and personally pay plaintiffs the difference. The district judge held parol evidence inadmissible to prove the alleged oral contracts. From a judgment dismissing their suit, plaintiffs appeal.

We have concluded that parol evidence was admissible to prove the oral agreement *911sued on. But, we find the evidence does not…