Coucy v. Cummings

The plaintiffs having succeeded in a petitory action for certain lots of ground in Jefferson, the defendant’s warrantor has appealed.

The plaintiffs claim the lots as instituted heirs of Victoire Marcos Tio, deceased, who acquired title from Nelson Bouché and Jean Jacques Montfort on the 17th May, 1836, by notarial act.

The warrantor, Bach, claims to have acquired a valid title to the same lots on the 10th May, 1852, by the Sheriff’s adjudication at a tax sale in the suit of “ the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Jefferson for use of T. May v. Judith Proux, absentee or unknown owner of lots 17…