Ellis v. Evans

FRUGÉ, Judge.

This is a suit to annul and set aside a tax sale. Plaintiff was, at the time of the tax sale in question, the record owner of an undivided interest in the property adjudicated. Defendants (except E. F. Lewis) are the adjudicatees. Lewis had purchased an interest from one of the original adjudicatees.

Defendants filed an exception of prescription. This was the only responsive pleading filed by the defendants. Following a hearing on the exception of prescription, the judge asked for briefs and took the exception under advisement. He later rendered a written opinion on the exception,…