Dean Realty Co. v. City of Kansas City

EDWIN H. SMITH, Judge.

The City of Kansas. City, Missouri (City), appeals the circuit court’s summary judgment for the respondent, Dean Realty Company (Dean), on Dean’s petition for declaratory judgment. In its declaratory judgment action, Dean sought a declaration of the court that, pursuant to § 141.570.2,1 Dean received certain real estate (the property), which it purchased from Jackson County under the “Land Tax Collection Law,” §§ 141.210 — 141.810, free and clear of a lien asserted by the City. The City was asserting a lien to secure its cost of demolishing, prior to the sale of the…