Seller may have not acted in good faith

[Rajpr1000]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA

Hi

About 4 years ago my father purchased about 20 acres of an almond orchard, around Merced, CA. The Seller also had about 80 additional acres adjacent to the 20acre parcel that he had sold my father. The seller informed us that the trees are about 12 years old, and produce about 1500 lbs per acre. He also said that he would help my father, since this was my father's first experience, and he lives about 100 miles away from the orchard.

The first year was o.k, subsequent years have been very bad. We found out when we were getting crop insurance that the tress are closer to 20 years old, and the production the previous 3 years was <800 lbs. Also the seller replaced all of his trees on his 80 acres, after telling us that they should have about 8 years left. Recently the seller used my dads water pump and electricity to provide water to his new trees. This was verbally o.ked by my dad, but now the seller is disputing how much he used and is not paying the PG&E bill.

Sorry for the long leadup, my question is does my dad have any legal grounds to sue this seller, and try and get the money back for his purchase. My thoughts are No, since everything was verbal. It is quite upsetting since I feel that the seller took advantage of my DAD, misrepresented the orchard he was selling, and in general acted in bad faith.

thanks in advance

[HomeGuru]

Originally Posted by Rajpr1000

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA

Hi

About 4 years ago my father purchased about 20 acres of an almond orchard, around Merced, CA. The Seller also had about 80 additional acres adjacent to the 20acre parcel that he had sold my father. The seller informed us that the trees are about 12 years old, and produce about 1500 lbs per acre. He also said that he would help my father, since this was my father's first experience, and he lives about 100 miles away from the orchard.

The first year was o.k, subsequent years have been very bad. We found out when we were getting crop insurance that the tress are closer to 20 years old, and the production the previous 3 years was <800 lbs. Also the seller replaced all of his trees on his 80 acres, after telling us that they should have about 8 years left. Recently the seller used my dads water pump and electricity to provide water to his new trees. This was verbally o.ked by my dad, but now the seller is disputing how much he used and is not paying the PG&E bill.

Sorry for the long leadup, my question is does my dad have any legal grounds to sue this seller, and try and get the money back for his purchase. My thoughts are No, since everything was verbal. It is quite upsetting since I feel that the seller took advantage of my DAD, misrepresented the orchard he was selling, and in general acted in bad faith.

thanks in advance

**A: how does DAD hold title to the property and is there any structure/home on the property?