State ex rel. Benedict v. City of New Orleans
Supreme Court of Louisiana
.Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred D. I-Clng, Judge. Application by the state, on the relation of W. S. Benedict, for writ of mandamus to the city of New Orleans and others. Judgment for relator, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Relator seeks, by mandamus, to compel tile city of New Orleans and the recorder of mortgages to cancel certain inscriptions for city taxes of 1891 and 1892 standing against property to which he asserts title under an adjudication made by the city treasurer in July, 1895, for city taxes of 1893 and 1894. The city answers that the properey in question was adjudicated to it in May, 1894, for its taxes of 1891 and 1892; that the treasurer was without authority thereafter to adjudicate it to the relator for the taxes of 1893 and 1894; and that its title is…
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