Morris v. Crocker
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAR FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST DISTRICT. The plaintiff claimed a lot of ground in the city of New-Orleans, to which the defendant set up title under a sale made by the city marshal, to satisfy a judgement of the City Court, by which the lot in question was decreed to be sold for taxes due the city. In case of eviction, the defendant claimed the value of his improvements; and further, he pleaded the want of an amicable demand.
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APPEAR FROM THE COURT OF THE FIRST DISTRICT. The plaintiff claimed a lot of ground in the city of New-Orleans, to which the defendant set up title under a sale made by the city marshal, to satisfy a judgement of the City Court, by which the lot in question was decreed to be sold for taxes due the city. In case of eviction, the defendant claimed the value of his improvements; and further, he pleaded the want of an amicable demand. The plaintiff, who was a nonresident, exhibited in evidence a notarial act of sale of the lot in question, executed in the city of New-Orleans, and proved that at…
1Opinion of the CourtMathews, J.
This suit is brought to recover two lots of ground, situated in the faubourg Annunciation, alleged to be held by the defendant without title. He pleaded the general issue, and sets up title in himself under an act of sale made by the city marshal in executing a judgement rendered by the City Court, by which the property in dispute was decreed to be sold for taxes, &c. The cause was submitted to a jury in the court below, who found a verdict in support of the title of the plaintiff, but condemned him to pay five hundred dollars to the defendant for improvements, &c. Judgement was pronounced in…
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