Preston v. McGehee

YELVERTON, Judge.

Plaintiffs filed suit to annul two tax sales on the basis of inadequate notice. Defendants filed an exception of peremption and prescription of five years pursuant to La. Const, art. VII, § 25(C). The trial court sustained the exception and dismissed the suit. Plaintiffs appealed challenging the trial court judgment. We affirm.

The property in question was acquired by appellants’ parents from J.J. Mears by recorded deed on November 2, 1953. The parents apparently were deceased before taxes on the property first became delinquent in 1976.

Both tax sales were properly advertised…