Lisso & Bro. v. Giddens
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Eleventh Judicial District Court, Parish of Red River; Charles Yernon Porter, Judge. Action by Lisso & Bro. against Tandy K. Giddens, J. J. O’Bierne, and others, warrantors. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
Plaintiff’s action was petitory.
Plaintiff, as owner, claimed under a tax title, while defendant claimed under a recorded deed of purchase of anterior date.
Plaintiff’s contention is that the property was regularly sold to the state in 1895 for the unpaid taxes of 1894, and that it was a second time sold to the state in 1897 for the unpaid taxes of 1896.
It was sold by the state to the plaintiff in satisfaction of the unpaid taxes of 1896, and no mention was made of the prior sale of 1895 in this deed by the state to the plaintiff.
The defendant, on the other hand, owns under a deed of sale by…
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