Martin v. Langenstein
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Monroe, J. 1. Needs of sale under Act 82 of 1884, have been recognized by this court, as valid titles to real estate, and this is especially so where it is shown that the owner was alive during the years for the taxes of which the property was sold.
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APPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. Monroe, J. 1. Needs of sale under Act 82 of 1884, have been recognized by this court, as valid titles to real estate, and this is especially so where it is shown that the owner was alive during the years for the taxes of which the property was sold. In re Lake, 40 An. 143; in re Douglas, 41 An. 766. 2. The only defense herein set up and the only objection made to the title by defendant, is that the former owner did not receive the notice rcciuired by law. This was the only objection to plaintiff’s title 'and is the only issue…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bermudez, C. J.
The object of this suit is to compel the defend■ant to accept the title offered him, to property which he had agreed to buy, and which he declined because it is not good and valid.
The property was purchased by the plaintiff, at a tax sale by the Collector, on the 10th of July, 1885, for taxes of 1871 to 1878 inclusive, under the provisions of Act 82 of 1884.
The deed was delivered to him on the 30th of September, 1885, and registered in the conveyance office same day.
Since then, the plaintiff has been in the undisturbed possession of the…
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