State ex rel. Liuzza v. Sims

This is an application for a writ of mandamus, on the relation of John Liuzza, against the Register of Conveyances and Alpha P. Simms, to have cancelled and erased from the records of the Conveyance Office of the Parish of Orleans the inscription of an alleged verbal lease, which defendant, Alpha P. Simms, claims he entered into with relator regarding part of the building (now demolished) and formerly known as the Southland Hotel, No. 348 Carondelet Street, in the City of New Orleans. Relator charges that the recorded affidavit is false and untrue, and was made for the purpose of obstructing…