Stevenson v. Howard
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Horner, J. If the statute providing for notice by means of publication is strictly followed, such service gives the court jurisdiction, and a judgment obtained on such a service is good and will not be set aside. — Freeman v. Thompson, 53 Mo. 183 ; The State ex rel. v. Sargent, 12 Mo.
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Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, Horner, J. If the statute providing for notice by means of publication is strictly followed, such service gives the court jurisdiction, and a judgment obtained on such a service is good and will not be set aside. — Freeman v. Thompson, 53 Mo. 183 ; The State ex rel. v. Sargent, 12 Mo. App. 228 ; Kane v. McGown, 55 Mo. 181; Wellshear v. Kelly, 69 Mo. 345 ; Freeman on Judgments, sect. 124. And under such a judgment a purchaser will be protected and his title sustained. — Freeman on Judgments, sect. 509 ; Reeve v. Kennedy, 43 Cal. 649.
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
The petition in this case alleges that plaintiff, on June 30, 1879, was seized in fee of two lots in St. Louis, numbered 18 and 19, of block 8, of Smith’s addition to that city. That on the 12th of August, 1878, defendant Bosenblatt, the collector of the revenue for the city of St. Louis, began suit against defendant and said lots for back taxes; upon lot 18 for the year 1873, $33.12; for 1874, $34.62; for 1875, $37.63; for 1876, $36.99 ; and against lot 19, for 1873, $31.74; for 1874, $33.17; for 1875, $36.24, and for 1876, $35.17, and prayed judgments for the state for the sum of $278.80,…
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- Howard v. StevensonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1882