Bentley v. Cavallier
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Ascension; Paul Leche, Judge. Action by L. E. Bentley and others against Armantine Cavallier. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is an action, petitory inform, to recover 160 acres of land in the possession of the defendant. Plaintiffs claim under a tax sale made in 1901, on an assessment for 1900, in the names of “Landry & Dugas,” who, it is alleged, acquired title in 1895 by patent from the United States.
Defendant for answer alleged possession-in herself and authors for more than 30-years, and that she redeemed said land within a year from the date of said tax sale by a tender and deposit of the purchase price, including costs and 20 per cent, thereon, as *62required by law. Defendant further alleged that the…
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