HAMILTON v. ROYAL INTERN. PETROLEUM CORP.

No. 2005-C-846.

934 So.2d 25 (2006)

Michael D. HAMILTON v. ROYAL INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION and Elmer B. Litchfield, Sheriff and Tax Collector of the City of Baton Rouge.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Charles G. Blaize, Jr., Houma, for Applicant.

Hebert, Spencer, Cusimano & Fry, V. Charles Cusimano, Greco & Greco, Leu Anne Greco, McGlynn, Glisson & Koch, Daniel J. McGlynn, Baton Rouge, for Respondent.

Thomas Allen Usry, John Franklin Weeks, II, Craig Edmond Frosch, New Orleans, for Sheriffs' Association Inc. Amicus Curiae.

Jack Ashton Grant, Oldlen Charles Toups, Jr., Gretna, Martin E. Landrieu, Suzanne Karen Scalise, New Orleans, for Cox Communications Louisiana L.L.C. Amicus Curiae.


KNOLL, Justice.*

This case concerns whether a tax sale for delinquent taxes on immovable property should be annulled for failure of the Sheriff, as Ex Officio Tax Collector, to send a notice to the taxpayer informing him, inter alia, of the manner in which the property may be redeemed, as mandated by La.Rev.Stat. 47:2180 A(1)(b). While the tax sale was properly noticed and executed, the Legislature subsequently amended the law before...

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