Lambert v. Craig

The opinion of the court was delivered by

McEnery, J.

This is a petitory action instituted for the recovery of S. >ó and N. W. % Sec. 27, T. 10 S., Range 1 West.

Plaintiff claims title through a tax sale made to one D. Webster in 1876 by the tax collector of the parish of St. Landry, and the defendant claims by purchase from John Craig, Robert Craig and John Craig, Jr., who purchased from the State of Louisiana in 1871 and in 1872, and who also claims through tax sale to Thomas Rice, September 3, 1881. The tax sale to Rice was in fact to the defendant, Miss Mary Craig, as she paid the amount for…