Corkran Oil & Development Co. v. Arnaudet
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. This was a petitory action commenced by the Corkran Oil and Development Company in the Eighteenth Judicial District Court for the parish of Acadia, Louisiana, on the sixth day of December, a. d.' 1901, against Laurent Arnaudet and others, to recover possession of certain real property. _ Plaintiff alleged that the land was claimed by Anthony Corkran during his lifetime, and by his heirs and legal representatives after his…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. This was a petitory action commenced by the Corkran Oil and Development Company in the Eighteenth Judicial District Court for the parish of Acadia, Louisiana, on the sixth day of December, a. d.' 1901, against Laurent Arnaudet and others, to recover possession of certain real property. _ Plaintiff alleged that the land was claimed by Anthony Corkran during his lifetime, and by his heirs and legal representatives after his death, and. that said claim, known as the “Corkran grant,” was finally confirmed to Corkran’s heirs and legal…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
court.
In the progress of the case in the trial court no Federal question as such was specifically raised, but when it reached the 'Supreme Court it was assigned for error that if article '233 of the constitution of Louisiana of 1898 had the effect of validating the tax sale to Henry Gellert it was in violation of Article 5 of the ^amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Counsel for plaintiff in error admit that this was a misreferenee, but contend that it was corrected by the petition for rehearing filed after judgment, which alleged a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, but…
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