Martin v. Texas Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Suit by J. W. Martin against the Texas Company, to recover the value of oil delivered to defendant by the person in possession of a tract- of land sold to plaintiff for taxes. Judgment for the plaintiff for part of relief demanded, and both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtOverton, J.
The Alabama Oil Company was the owner of the southeast quarter of' section 17, township 20 north, range 15 west,, situated in the parish of Caddo. On May 26, 1916, this property was offered for sale by the sheriff and ex officio tax collector for the parish of Caddo for the unpaid taxes of 1915, and was adjudicated to the plaintiff. The-sheriff, in obedience to law, executed at once, pursuant to the adjudication, a deed to pdain-tiff, as evidence of his title, subject to the-*557riglit of the tax debtor to redeem the property within one year from the recordation of the deed in the conveyance…
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