Legal Opinion
Tietjen v. City of Shreveport
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided May 11, 2010No. 2009-C-2116PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEIMER, Justice. 1
11 Suit was filed by property owners and a mortgagee seeking a declaratory judgment to annul a tax sale based on lack of notice. The municipality and the tax sale purchaser were named as defendants. The tax sale purchaser, Claude A. Dance, Jr., failed to answer or appear and a default judgment was taken against him. Following a trial on the merits, the trial court declared the tax sale null and void.
Defendant, City of Shreveport, appealed. Dance did not appeal the judgment. The court of appeal reversed, finding the trial court erred in declaring the tax sale null and void.…
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