McWilliams v. Michel
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from the Twenty-first District Court, Parish of St. Martin. Mouton, J. 1. Plaintiff's title to the lands in controversy is complete and perfect; they were patented and sold by the State to Thomas Mille in 1860; after his death his heirs went into possession, and at the partition sale made by the sheriff of Iberville, in 1S77, they were acquired by the plaintiff, who has since held and possessed them. '■2. The tax sale of these lands in 1872, with the lands…
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A PPEAL from the Twenty-first District Court, Parish of St. Martin. Mouton, J. 1. Plaintiff's title to the lands in controversy is complete and perfect; they were patented and sold by the State to Thomas Mille in 1860; after his death his heirs went into possession, and at the partition sale made by the sheriff of Iberville, in 1S77, they were acquired by the plaintiff, who has since held and possessed them. '■2. The tax sale of these lands in 1872, with the lands adjudicated to Wilbert at the same partition sale in 1877, in the name of Eugene Garandi, was an absolute nullity. Garandi had…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McEnery, J.
The defendants move to dismiss this appeal on the ground of want of jurisdiction rations materias, and that the plaintiff had applied for and obtained in open court an order of appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
The amount in dispute is over two thousand dollars. This is apparent from the admission of defendants in their application to bond in the injunction proceeding. The order of appeal to the Court of Appeals was a nullity. The error of plaintiff in applying for and Obtaining an order of appeal to that court can not…
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