Xeter Realty, Ltd. v. Carbajal

Citations

• 14 Teiss. 140
• 1916 La. App. LEXIS 140

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>The correct names of streets given as boundaries of a square will prevail over an error in the number of a square in a tax sale.</p> <p>An error in the name of the owner in. an assessment for taxes is prescribed by three -(3) years, under Article 2S3 of the Constitution,</p> <p>Plea of dual assessment will not avail in the absence of allegations of payment of the tax.</p> <p>Where the owner was not in the actual possession of the property at the time of the tax sale to the State, it will not be estopped from claiming title under a tax sale to 'itself by continuing to assess the property in the name of the former owner and receiving payment of taxes from him.</p>