Tensas Delta Land Co. v. Sholars

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Blanchard, J.-

The plaintiff company asserts • ownership to the “Buck Baker” plantation, in the parish of Ouachita, containing 378.97 aeres, and has instituted this petitory action to be decreed owner and tb be placed in possession thereof.

Whether or not the company is entitled to recover depends on the validity of a tax adjudication made to the State of Louisiana by the sheriff and tax collector in June 1896.

The property was acquired by purchase by J. T. Bryant from Mathews and wife in March 1895, and the deed was duly registered in the conveyance…