Burguieres v. Sanders
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Albert Campbell Allen, Judge. Suits by Joseph E. and Denis P. Burguieres and the J. M. Burguieres Company, Limited, against John B. Sanders, sheriff, and others. Suits were consolidated. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
The plaintiffs in the above-entitled suits enjoined the sale of certain lands owned by them in the parish of St. Mary, which were advertised to be sold for taxes levied by the Iberia and St. Mary drainage district—the first suit involving the tax of 1900; the second, that of 1901; and the total amount in controversy being below the jurisdictional limit of this court. The lands intended to be affected and the issue raised being the same in both, and the “company,” plaintiff in the second, being the successor in title of the “estate” represented by the plaintiffs…
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