Mouton v. Heins

JANVIER, Judge.

This litigation is the result of a sale of an immovable wherein defendant allegedly warranted that all prior taxes on the property were paid. It was later discovered that prior taxes were due on the property, and these were paid by the plaintiffs when they subsquently sold the property.

On June 14, 1946, plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. William Gage, Jr., bought from Mrs. Althea E. Jones, wife of Henry Heins, the property in New Orleans bearing the municipal number 2416-18 South Johnson Street. The act of sale contained the vendor’s warranty that all prior state and city taxes had been…