Thomas Bullis v. Stricker Land Timber Co.

FOURNET, Justice.

This is a suit to establish title to real estate in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 38 of 1908, where neither claimant is in actual possession, with the alternative plea that, in the event the court should find the property in dispute to be in the possession of defendant, the court then should treat the matter as a petitory action.

The basis of plaintiffs’ claim is a tax sale and deed, dated June 19, 1926, for the unpaid taxes of the year 1925, covering land assessed in the name of G. W. Armstrong, which is described as follows: “Batture on Boyd’s Island, Sand-Bar,…