Board of Com'rs v. Concordia Land & Timber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Tenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Concordia; N. M. Calhoun, Judge. Action by the Board of Commissioners for the Fifth Louisiana Levee District against the Concordia Land & Timber Company to establish title to real estate.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
This is an action to establish title to real estate under Act 38 of 1908. The land in controversy is 1,833.10 acres, swamp woodland in Concordia parish. Plaintiff sets up titles emanating from tax sales to the state between the years 1894 to 1900.
Counsel for plaintiff state in their brief that part of the land in controversy, through error and mistake on the part of Mason & Dale, agents of the police jury of the parish, was assessed in 1900 for taxes of that year, and also for back taxes for the years 1897, 1898, and 1899; that said lands were assessed to a former owner, the Mississippi Delta…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Heirs v. MartinezSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
- In re Perrault's EstateSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1911
- Liquidating Commissioners of the New Orleans Warehouse Co. v. MarreroSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Quaker Realty Co. v. PurcellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1914
- Cane v. HerndonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
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