Joyce v. Brothers Realty Co.

FRUGÉ, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment maintaining defendant’s exception of no cause of action and dismissing plaintiff’s suit at his cost. Certain property in the City of Alexandria was sold at tax sale to plaintiff. Later, by virtue of LSA-R.S. 47 :- 1991, the tax sale was cancelled. The basis for obtaining the cancellation was that the property was “public property,” by dedication, and could not be assessed and therefore could not be sold for non-payment of taxes. There is no question that if the property was in fact public property or used for public purposes then it could neither…