Genella v. Martin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nioholls, C. J.

In Octobsr, 1889, the plaintiff in this suit obtained from the Civil District Court a writ directing the sheriff of the parish of Orleans to place him in possession of certain property described in his petition, alleging that he had become the owner of said property from the State of Louisiana; the State itself having acquired the same at a tax sale made in enforcement of delinquent taxes. Before the writ was executed, one Prank Grunow obtained an injunction restraining its execution. In his petition for injunction he attacked the title…