Retail Leopard disc will not install on Jan/08 MacBook 2.2ghz?

I purchased a used MacBook 2.2ghz with 4GB of RAM in it. It has Leopard 10.5.3 on it, however it is setup with the previous owner's details and some files. I wanted to wipe the hard drive and install Leopard from my own family pack. I purchased this disc from apple.com, I DID NOT pirate or burn it, it is an original disc in my family pack retail box of Leopard.
When I try to boot on the disc, is starts the setup like normal but then it says "Mac OS X cannot be installed on this computer, please check the system requirements."
I obviously meet the system requirements as Leopard is already on there, and this very Leopard disc worked on my older MacBook. Is it possible that even though the MacBook I purchased came with Tiger, it was made after Leopard and therefore this disc cannot install on it? I'm very confused here.
The disc is labeled as follows:
Mac OS X Leopard
Install DVD
Version 10.5
2Z691-6307-A
The MacBook box has the following labeling:
MB 13.3/2.2/2x512/120/SD-DL/WHITE
MB062LL/B
Model No: A1181
Any ideas? I am stumped!

The seller may have given you the wrong discs if you have Tiger restore discs. The model number of MacBook you mention (MB062LL/B) came with Leopard and not Tiger. See here: http://support.apple.com/kb/SP12
You need to reinstall by using the Leopard install discs that originally shipped with this Mac. 10.5.0 on your Family Pack DVD is older than what came preinstalled on the MacBook. No Mac computer can run an older OS than what originally shipped with it. Apple has a tech note about this here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2186
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