Holt v. Board of Liquidators of Hart & Hébert
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Fifth Judicial District Court, parish of East Baton Rouge. McVea, J. Upon all questions as to the effects, scope and constitutionality of a law of Congress, it is the decision of the United States Supreme Court alone that settles the law (7 R. 219; 22 An. 507) j that tribunal having held the provisions as to stamps in the Internal Revenue laws of 1864-66-67 applicable to State as well as Pederal courts, all conflicting decisions of State courts are null and…
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APPEAL from the Fifth Judicial District Court, parish of East Baton Rouge. McVea, J. Upon all questions as to the effects, scope and constitutionality of a law of Congress, it is the decision of the United States Supreme Court alone that settles the law (7 R. 219; 22 An. 507) j that tribunal having held the provisions as to stamps in the Internal Revenue laws of 1864-66-67 applicable to State as well as Pederal courts, all conflicting decisions of State courts are null and void. Under C. P. 182, a single citation for wife and husband is valid if served upon the husband, for he represents,…
1Opinion of the Court
*674The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Poché, J.
Plaintiffs allege that they are the lawful owners of lots 8, 9 and 10 in square No. 4, Devall Town, in the city of Baton Rouge, alleged to be in the unlawful possession of defendants, and also allege the absolute nullity of several judgments and public sales made thereunder, and forming the chain of titles under which defendants hold the property as owners.
Defendants, after pleading the prescription of five years against the alleged informalities in the various proceedings under which they acquired title, set up a chain of titles which will be…
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