Heppler v. Esther

FLANIGAN, Judge.

On October 25, 1973, plaintiffs Susan L. Heppler and Joseph C. Heppler filed this non-jury action to cancel a collector’s deed to Lot 37 in a certain subdivision in Camden County, Missouri. On August 26, 1968, the collector sold the lot at a tax sale to the defendants for $200. On August 26, 1970, the collector executed and delivered the deed to the defendants. Plaintiffs held title prior to that delivery.

The petition alleged that the deed was void “because the consideration paid for same was so unconscionably inadequate . that it constituted a fraud.” The petition also…