Craig v. Lambert

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Breaux, J.

The plaintiff acquired the N. E. quarter of Sec. 27, T. 10, Range 1 west, from the State of Louisiana, and holds under patent dated May, 1872.

The remainder of the section was acquired about the same time by her father and brothers, who afterward sold their quarters of the section to her.

The patents and the deeds of sale of the land to plaintiff were recorded in the office of the clerk and ex-officio recorder in March, 1884.

In 1881 the sheriff of the parish of St. Landry sold the section at tax sale for taxes of 1877 and 1878, due by…