Piernas v. La Salle Realty Co.

Louis Piernas, the appellee, in 1921 owned two adjoining pieces of property fronting on Bertrand street, in the city of New Orleans. He acquired one piece on February 13, 1917, by purchase from the succession of Julia Eseot, and he acquired the other piece on August 5, 1920, by purchase from Mrs. William Cassidy. Both parcels comprised the whole of the original lot No. 9, and were designated on the assessment rolls of New Orleans for the year 1920 by the same number and by the same measurements.

The property which Piernas purchased from Mrs. William Cassidy was sold on October 3,1921, in the…