Succession of Book

STOKER, Judge.

This is a suit for declaratory relief for determination of whether property of John A. Book and the heirs of Cora Jones Book sold at a tax sale was redeemed by John A. Book for himself and Cora’s heirs or was a purchase for his sole account. The property in question, described in footnote one, was originally purchased as community property during the marriage of John and Cora Jones Book.1 The latter, the second wife of John A. Book, died leaving seven children of her marriage with John. After Cora’s death, John A. Book failed to pay taxes on the property in question, and J.L.…