Messick v. Mayer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Tenth Judicial District, Parish of Avoyelles— Oappel, J.. ad hoc. Opinion on original hearing by Watkins, J. On Rehearing by Blanchard, J.
1Opinion
On Rehearing.
Blanchard, J.
In 1873 William R. Messick, husband and father respectively of the present plaintiffs, acquired by purchase at tax sale 2,164 acres of land in the Parish of Avoyelles.
It was described in the tax deed by legal subdivisions and by reference to two plats annexed to the deed. There appears to have been a variance in one particular between the description in the deed and that in the plat — the result, likely, of a clerical error in the former. The district judge properly held that in respect to this variance the plat must control, and that this is confirmed by the fact…
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