Walker v. Allen
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Western U115. APPEAL IBOH TIIE COURT OF THE FIFTH DI3TRICT FOR THE PARISH OF ST. 3IARV, THE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT PRESIDING.
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Western U115. APPEAL IBOH TIIE COURT OF THE FIFTH DI3TRICT FOR THE PARISH OF ST. 3IARV, THE JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT PRESIDING. This is an action against the purchaser at sheriff’s sqle, of a tract of land; and the sheriff who made it, to annul and set it aside, on account of the illegal acts of the sheriff and the want of the formalities required by law, to render it a valid sale.'— The plaintiff claims heavy damages against the sheriff for the alleged illegal sale of his land, and prays that the sale be set aside, and the land restored, to him. The defendants severed in their answers; but both…
1Opinion of the CourtGarland, J.
The plaintiff alleges he is the owner and proprietor of an undivided half of a tract of land of twenty-eight arpents front, by forty in depth, on the Bayou Boeuf, in the Parish of St. Mary, and fourteen slaves, together with the buildings and jmprovenients on the land; which he says the defendant, Allen, claims and possesses as his property. He also claims $15,000 damages from Hudson, for his illegal and improper conduct and acts, as sheriff, in selling said land and slaves, The answers of the defendants deny all allegations of im* *309proper or illegal conduct, and state that Allen purchased the…
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