Westwego Canal & Terminal Co. v. Pitre

ODOM, Justice.

On November 13, 1937, Mrs. Vic A. Pitre purchased at tax sale certain real property belonging and 'assessed to the Westwego Canal and Terminal Company, Inc. The sheriff and ex officio tax collector executed a tax deed conveying the property to Mrs. Pitre, which deed was duly recorded in the conveyance records of the parish. About two months later, on January 7, 1938, the tax purchaser applied to the district court of the Parish of Jefferson, where the property is situated, for an order • of seizure and possession, commanding the sheriff to seize the property and place her in…