Ramsey v. Frost-Johnson Lumber Co.

This is an action to recover a third interest in a tract of land, for which the defendant has a tax title. The district court sustained a plea of estoppel and a plea of prescription of three years, and rejected the plaintiffs’ demand. They have appealed from the decision.

There is no dispute about the facts of the case. The land in contest was bought by Leonhardt Wager and Frank P. Wager, in the firm name of Wager Bros., on the 29th of May, 1897. Frank P. Wager died about a year afterwards, intestate, leaving, as his only heirs, his brother, Leonhardt, and two sisters, Mrs. Pauline Wager…