Wood v. Rovira

BEER, Judge.

In January, 1974, appellants, heirs of Houston L. Wood, filed suit to quiet and confirm title to property described as lots 2, 3 and 4 of Section 14 in the Third District of New Orleans. The above described tract was, apparently, part of certain property acquired, more than one hundred years pri- or, by Antoine Rovira, who died in 1871. In 1882, the Rovira property was adjudicated to the state for non-payment of taxes, but the deed contained only a very general description. Then, in 1903, the state sold (using the same description) to one Alfred Thompson.1

In 1916, the property (by…