Sapphire Land Co. v. Chesapeake Louisiana, L.P.

CARAWAY, J.,

would grant rehearing.

|,The opinion of this court misses the distinction between a tax “sale” and non-sale where the property is adjudicated to the political subdivision and therefore fails to address the express statutory provision for the redemption of such adjudicated property. La. R.S. 47:2246. The three-year redemption period in our law promotes a policy of allowing the third party purchaser of the property to move toward full ownership. That three-year rule for sales does not prevent redemption after three years when adjudication occurs. La. R.S. 47:2246; Fiedler v. Pipes,…