Quaker Realty Co. Praying for Confirmation of Title

Citations

• 10 Teiss. 79
• 1914 La. App. LEXIS 1

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>When possession ,o±‘ lands has been held continuously by petitioners and their authors under a judicial sale made in a succession by the French authorities in the year 1760 of property previously possessed by the deceased, the legal presumption arises that a valid and complete grant had been made by the proper authorities, although no record of it can be found. Such a title is complete by itself and requires no act of confirmation by the United States. The Court decided that a petition for a concession of land from the Spanish authorities amounts to a mere order of survey, and the grant must be perfected. Property of the city cannot be assessed and sold for taxes, and if it is the sale will be set aside.</p>