Warren Realty Co. v. Sibley

HAMITER, Justice.

Plaintiff, alleging itself to be the owner of a certain lot of ground (with improvements) as the result of an adjudication at public auction by the City of New Orleans, seeks in this cause a judgment recognizing its ownership of the property with the right to full and undisturbed possession thereof, and condemning the defendant to pay occupancy rent from September 19, 1949, the date of the adjudication.

The district court dismissed the suit on an exception of no cause of action and the plaintiff is appealing.

The disputed lot of ground, on which there exists a small dwelling,…