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TEDESCO v. GENTRY DEVELOPMENT, INC.

No. 88-C-0706.

540 So.2d 960 (1989)

Ignatius TEDESCO, III, et ux. v. GENTRY DEVELOPMENT, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Madison, Jr., Stephen Mark Tatum, Wiener, Weiss, Madison & Howell, Shreveport, for applicant.

James Johnson, John T. Campbell, Campbell, Campbell & Johnson, Minden, for respondent.

LEMMON, Justice.

This is an action against Gentry Development, Inc. to compel specific performance of a contract to sell immovable property executed by James Winford, Gentry's president, without actual authority from the corporation. The principal issue is whether the doctrine of apparent authority is applicable in a case involving a contract to sell immovable property.

In 1979 Gentry purchased a tract of land containing several acres. Gentry subdivided the...

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