Richards v. Martin

COLE, Judge.

The issue presented here is whether or not the tax sale of plaintiff’s property should be annulled due to insufficiency of notice. Because we find plaintiff-appellant did not receive the required notice, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and hold the sale annulled. The following facts were stipulated to by the parties.

Appellants Clell M. Richards and Judy Simmons Richards are the owners of three tracts of land located in Livingston Parish.1 They acquired this property on January 20, 1973, as reflected in the conveyance records of Livingston Parish. An act of mortgage, in…