Eastham v. Melville Land Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; B. H. Pavy, Judge. Suit to confirm a tax title by E. K. East-ham and others against the Melville Land Company and Patton P. Blacksher, who impleaded his warrantor, E. W. Shirk. Judgment for defendant Blacksher and the warrantor Shirk, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, C. J.
This is a suit to confirm a tax title.
The land in dispute was owned, under recorded title, by E. W. Shirk and assessed in his name for the year 1909. He failed to pay the taxes when due, and it was offered for sale therefor, and on May 28, 1910, was adjudicated do the state. The deed to the state was recorded on June 27, 1910, and on June 23, 1911, the land was redeemed by Shirk, who on April . 28, 1913, sold it to the defendant Blacksher, whose title was recorded on the same day and who appears to have gone into immediate actual possession, and was in…
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