McCrory v. Bradford
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Ascension; Paul Leche, Judge. Action by Byrd McCrory against J. L. Bradford and C. B. McManus. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BREAUX, O. J.
Plaintiff brought this suit against the defendants to have a tax sale annulled and canceled, and the first question for decision is whether the defendants acquired a valid title to the land bought by them at tax sale.
The facts are that the property was sold in the year 1898 at tax sale for the taxes ■of 1895. The taxes for all the other years were paid by plaintiff.
Plaintiff received no notice from the sheriff prior to the sale. He obtained his patent in the year 1908, and when he repaired to the clerk’s office to have it recorded he learned that his land had been sold at tax…
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