State Ex Rel. Wall v. Coverdale

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

Relator seeks mandamus to compel the sheriff of Ouachita parish to execute and deliver to him, as adjudicatee, deed conveying lot 4 of square 3, Heard & Wallace addition to West Monroe, fronting 55 feet on Cypress street and 145 feet on Travis street. The sheriff declined to execute the desired deed for the reason that relator’s bid, though two-thirds .of the appraised value of the property, was not sufficient to discharge liens and privileges against the lot which, according to mortgage certificates furnished him by the recorder of mortgages, he contends, were superior in…