Legal Opinion
McDougall v. Monlezun
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 15, 1886No. 9497PublishedCited by 5 opinions
APPEAL from the Twenty-fifth District Court, Parish of Lafayette. DeBaillon, J.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Manning, J.
The plaintiff sues to recover a tract of laud of seven huudred and twenty arpeuts, in Lafayette parish. lie acquired title *224from Otto Meine, in April, 1883, and Meine acquired from T. 0. Starke, and Starke bought at a sheriffs sale in 1866.
In 1873 and 1874 (Meine being then the owner) the land was forfeited for non-payment of taxes and was returned as forfeited to the Auditor’s office, in December of 1874 and 1875, respectively. On the 6th of the following May (1876), the tax collector of Lafayette sold the land by public auction, and William…
2Cited by5 opinions
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