Orleans Parish School Board v. Campbell

McCALEB, Justice.

This suit was brought under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, R.S. 13 :- 4231-46, to determine whether plaintiff, Orleans Parish School Board, has a merchantable title to two certain lots of land it acquired from defendants’ ancestor for public school purposes. The defendants, who are the surviving widow and heirs of the donor of the lots, James J. Manson, deny the validity of plaintiff’s title and reconvene for a judgment declaring the rescission of the donation by reason of plaintiff’s failure to fulfill the condition imposed thereon by the donor.

The facts of the case,…