Bender v. Chew
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; Thomas F. Bell, Judge. Action by Mrs. Sophia Bender against W. D. Chew. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BREAUX, O. J.
This was an action by plaintiff against defendant to recover 40 acres of land, to wit, the N. E. y¿ of the S. E. % of section 25, township 12, range 16, in the Caddo oil fields.
This tract and adjacent lands became the property of John T. Roots, who obtained a patent from the state, in the year 1884, for l,3208Vioo acres, including the land in question.
Roots not having paid his taxes, the property was advertised and adjudicated to Leon N. Carter at tax sale, and from Leon N. Carter all, except the land in controversy, passed to Clark and Boyce in 1887.
From Clark and Boyce, it…
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