Spears v. Tax Collector of La Salle Parish

PORTERIE, District Judge.

This is a suit brought by L H. Spears and others seeking to set aside a tax deed wherein J. N. Gray acquired at tax sale two separate tracts of land; one of which (76 acres) he sold to Lena-"Walker, and the other (30 acres) he sold to Granville Douglas.

Defendant Lena Walker filed a plea of res adjudicata which was sustained by the court (D.C., 51 F.Supp. 8), as to the 76-acre tract of land only. This leaves as the subject matter of the suit only the 30-acre tract, of which Granville Douglas is the recorded owner.

A plea to the jurisdiction has been filed by him, based…