State ex rel. Williams v. Recorder of Mortgages for the Parish of Orleans

REGAN, Judge.

The plaintiff, Augustus G. Williams, the vendee of the real estate which provoked this litigation, prays for a writ of mandamus to compel the defendants, Rufus W. Fontenot, Collector of Revenue for the State of Louisiana, and Francis J. Dem-arest, Sr., the Recorder of Mortgages for the Parish of Orleans to cancel and erase from the records of the Mortgage Office the inscription of a judgment for corporation franchise taxes in favor of the State of Louisiana and against the W. E. T. Realty Company, Inc., the vendor from whom plaintiff individually acquired the property.

Defendants…