In re Berry

FRUGÉ, Judge.

Plaintiffs, K. D. Berry and E. E. Rains, filed suit in November, 1954, for a monition of property purchased at a tax sale on July 9, 1949. The property had been sold for delinquent 1948 taxes assessed in the name of Edward Hawkins.

Edward Hawkins filed an answer in the nature of a general denial and a reconven-tional demand claiming ownership by virtue of an alleged redemption by paying the redemption price to the Sheriff of Sabine Parish. The trial court rendered judgment in favor of defendant and rejecting plaintiffs’ demand for monition. From this judgment plaintiffs have…