ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD v. MANSON

Nos. 45537, 45539.

132 So.2d 885 (1961)

241 La. 1029

ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD v. Mrs. Adrian CAMPBELL, Widow of James J. MANSON et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied October 4, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Charles M. Lanier, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees-relators for Campbell and others.

Samuel I. Rosenberg, New Orleans, for respondent, Orleans Parish School Board.


McCALEB, Justice.

This suit was brought under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, R.S. 13:-4231-46, to determine whether plaintiff, Orleans Parish School Board, has a merchantable title to two certain lots of land it: acquired from defendants' ancestor for public school purposes. The defendants, who are the surviving widow and heirs of the donor of the lots, James J. Manson, deny the validity of plaintiff's title and reconvene for a judgment declaring the rescission...

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