Duson v. Roos

Citations

• 123 La. 835
• 49 So. 590
• 1909 La. LEXIS 791

Syllabus

<p>1. Vendor and Purchaser (§ 239*) — Bona Fide Purchaser — Notice.</p> <p>A purchaser of real estate in good faith from the owner of record is not affected by equities which may have existed between former owners of the property and third persons, but which do not appear of record.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Vendor and Purchaser, Cent. Dig. § 584; Dec. Dig. § 239.*.I</p> <p>2. Tenancy in Common (§ 20*) — Redemption prom Tax Sale — Rights op Tenants.</p> <p>A tenant in common may redeem the share of his co-tenant from a tax sale, but he is under no obligation to do so.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Tenancy • in Common, Cent. Dig. §§ 60, 61; Dec. Dig. § 20.*)</p> <p>3. Taxation (§ 725*) — Tax Sales — Redemption.</p> <p>A purchaser at a tax sale conveyed the land to a tenant in common after the expiration of the period of redemption. The price required to redeem was a little over $26, while the amount paid for the conveyance was $250. Held not to show that the sale by the tax sale purchaser was a mere redemption by the tenant in common.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Taxation, Dec. Dig. § 725.*]</p> <p>4. Taxation (§ 743*) — Tax Sales —Renunciations.</p> <p>A tenant in common executed a power of attorney to an agent to accept from a purchaser at a tax sale a renunciation in favor of the estate to an undivided half thereof. The agent took on himself the purchase of the entire property from the purchaser, and the tenant in common ratified the act, and he understood that his transaction with the purchaser was a sale uy the purchaser of the entire property. Held, that the transaction did not amount to a mere renunciation.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Taxation, Dec. Dig. § 743.*]</p> <p>5.Tenancy in Common (§ 20*) — Rights op Co-Tenants — Acquisition op Title.</p> <p>The doctrine that a tenant in common purchasing the property in common at a sale for taxes assessed against all the owners acquires only his own title, and not th