Ward v. South Coast Corporation

ODOM, Justice.

M. F. Hine purchased at tax sale Lot 8, Sec. 31, T. 13 S., R. 10 E., containing 35 acres, on May 26, 1901. His purchase was evidenced by a tax deed executed by the tax collector, which deed is duly recorded in the conveyance records of St. Mary Parish, where the land is situated.

Mr. Hine died a few years later, and the land passed to the plaintiffs by inheritance. His heirs, the plaintiffs, alleging that the South Coast Corporation claimed to own the property and that Dolph Parro claimed to own a mineral interest in the land, and alleging that neither the plaintiffs nor…