Le Blanc v. Trahan

HIGGINS, Justice.

The plaintiffs brought this proceeding against the alleged former owners of certain real property to quiet and confirm their tax title thereto, in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 106 of 1934, based upon prescription of five years. Eight of the thirty-one respondents, who resided in parishes other than where the suit was instituted and more than fifty miles from the courthouse, filed exceptions to the citations on the ground that ■.they granted only ten days to answer, instead of the fifteen days allowed by law. The trial judge overruled the exceptions .and the…