Slattery v. Heilperin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
' Appeal from Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Alfred Dillingham Land, Judge. Action by J. B. Slattery and others against Heilperin & Leonard. The Caddo Levee Board was cited in warrant. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, J.
The action was petitory. The land claimed had been assessed in the name of J. G. Richardson. It was offered at tax sale, and plaintiffs, In 1881, became owners at that sale for the sum of ?43 and a fraction, as shown by the deeds duly recorded. One of the deeds was dated in June, 1881,“and the other In August, 1882. Plaintiffs, in support of their title, pleaded prescription. They also pleaded that their sale operated against the state, and precluded her from giving the land to the levee board.
Defendants trace their title to the United States government, and aver that the lands, being swamp…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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