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CORTINAS v. MURRAY

No. 41050.

70 So.2d 589 (1954)

224 La. 686

CORTINAS v. MURRAY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley McDermott, Jr., Stanley Mc-Dermott, Sr., for defendant-appellant.

Frederick G. Veith, Robert J. Lacey, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

McCALEB, Justice.

This is a suit to confirm and quiet a tax title to four lots of vacant ground situated in the city of New Orleans.1 The property, which has a present estimated value of $9,000, was acquired in 1935 for $650 by one Lucy Anne Murray, a retired Negro school teacher. She died in 1936, being survived by her sister and sold heir, Peggy Frances Murray. In 1937, the land was adjudicated to the State for the taxes due for the...

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