Cortinas v. Murray

McCALEB, Justice.

This is a suit to confirm and quiet a tax title to four lots of vacant ground situated in the city of New Orleans. 1 The property, which has a present estimated value of $9,000, was acquired in 1935 for $650 by one Lucy Anne Murray, a retired Negro school teacher. She died in 1936, being survived by her sister and sole heir, Peggy Frances Murray. In 1937, the land was adjudicated to the State for the taxes due for the year 1936 and, in 1939, Peggy Frances Murray, as successor to her sister, redeemed it from the State but failed to record the certificate of redemption in. the…