A St. George City councilman is suing his son, claiming he halted monthly payments required under a deal over ownership of the family business.

Max Himmel , 70, filed suit in state court in Baton Rouge on Friday against his son, Chad Himmel, 48, who he says reneged on a deal to buy him out of his ownership stake in Himmel's Architectural Door and Hardware, LLC.

According to the court filing, the father sold 50% of his interest in the company to his eldest son via a "handshake agreement." As part of the agreement, Chad Himmel would pay his father $16,666.50 every month for the rest of Max Himmel's life, the lawsuit says.

Andrew Murrell, another St. George City Council member and an attorney, is representing his colleague in the case. He says that, in 2018, Max Himmel turned the company

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