Legal Opinion

E. McIlhenny's Sons v. Couvillon

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 6, 1925No. 2187Published

1Opinion of the CourtCarver, J.

Plaintiff sues W. F. Couvillon and Arthur Lemoine to annul a tax sale alleged to have been made by Amet Guillott, Tax Collector of Avoyelles Parish, on August 21, 1921, for taxes, of 1920 assessed to E. O. Dupuis.

Plaintiff alleges that the deed was made to Couvillon but that an instrument was afterwards filed, signed by Couvillon and by Guillott, not as sheriff but personally, reciting that it should have been made to Lemoine and consenting'that'Lemoine’s name be inserted' therein instead of Couvillon’s.

The deed is alleged to describe the property thus:

“A certain tract or parcel of land…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Heirs v. MartinezSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910
  2. Board of Com'rs v. Concordia Land & Timber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
  3. Gouaux v. BeaullieuSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1909
  4. State ex rel. Curtis v. RossSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1919
  5. W. T. Adams Machine Co. v. NewmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901

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