H. F. Lewis & Co. v. Brock

Citations

• 123 La. 1
• 48 So. 563
• 1909 La. LEXIS 665

Syllabus

<p>1. Vendor and Purchaser (§ 16*) — Contract-Conditions Precedent.</p> <p>An agreement to buy real estate, “provided the titles are good and sufficient and approved by a judgment of court,” has no binding effect until the condition has happened.</p> <p>2. Taxation (§ 421*) — Tax Sale — Misdescription of Property.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Vendor and Purchaser, Cent. Dig. §§ 17,20; Dec. Dig. § 16.*]</p> <p>A tax sale of urban lots, so misdescribed as not to identify them with lots in the same square belonging to the tax debtor, vests no legal title in the tax purchaser.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Taxation, Cent. Dig. § 720; Dec. Dig. § 421.*]</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>