Cucullu v. Bilgery

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

This is a petitory action for the recovery of certain improved real estate situated in New Orleans, and from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs the defendants have prosecuted this appeal. A fair synopsis of the issues involved is as follows, viz.:

In 1877 E. T. Parker, administrator of the succession of Lacroix, brought suit against Joseph Bilgery for the annulment and revocation of a tax adjudication and sale to him, of certain properties, and that in suit among others. That suit resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the…