State ex rel. Curtis v. Ross
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Seventh Judicial District Court, Parish of West Carroll; John R. McIntosh, Judge. Mandamus by the state, on the relation of Jasper Curtis, against W. L. Ross and others. From judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvo Sty, J.
[1] This is a mandamus proceeding to compel acceptance of a tender made in redemption of a tax sale. The tender was refused for the reason that it was made after the one year allowed by the Constitution, art. 233, for the redemption of property sold at tax sale, had expired. The sale was made on June 25, 1915, and the tender on April 10, 1917. Act 224, p. 370, of 1910, provides that the one year’s delay for redemption shall begin to run from the date on which the tax debtor shall have been notified of the tax sale having taken place; and the plaintiff in this case was never notified of the…
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