McDonough v. Elam
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the court of the first district. The plaintiff obtained an order of seizure and sale, on certain lots of ground in the town of McDonough, upon which he had a mortgage. The sale was opposed by Mooney, who set up title in himself as having purchased the lots when sold by the state for taxes.
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Appeal from the court of the first district. The plaintiff obtained an order of seizure and sale, on certain lots of ground in the town of McDonough, upon which he had a mortgage. The sale was opposed by Mooney, who set up title in himself as having purchased the lots when sold by the state for taxes. In support of his claim, he produced in evidence a deed from the treasurer by which it appeared, that he had purchased all the right which the defendants had to certain lots in the parish of Jefferson, but there was no evidence that the lots claimed by the opposer, formed any part of those…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
The plaintiff or mortgage creditor of the defendants, obtained distinct writs of *490seizure and sale. Mooney obtained writs of injunction, on the ground that he had bought part of the premises at a treasurer’s sale, for collection of taxes. The cases were consolidated; judgment was given against the intervening party, and he appealed.
He claimed title under two deeds, for tu'dce town lots in the parish of Jefferson, in each one. It was admitted, that one of the defendants was the vendee of the appellee, for twenty-four, and the other for thirty-six lots, in the town of McDonough, in the parish of…
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