Brady v. Slay

CUTRER, Judge.

In this mandamus proceeding, Barney H. Brady, Jr., brought suit to compel Charles 0. Slay, the assessor of Rapides Parish, to assess to him various unredeemed tracts of land purchased by him at tax sales over the last several years. From a trial court judgment ordering Slay to make the assessments as requested, Slay appeals. We affirm.

Brady, over the last six years, had purchased various tracts of immovable property at tax sales conducted by the Rapides Parish Sheriffs Department. Some of the properties purchased were unredeemed and other pieces of the property still remained…