Manwaring v. Missouri Lumber & Mining Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Shannon Circuit Court.— Ron. W. N. Evans, Judge. (1) The tax deeds of May 5,1881, based on judgment for taxes against patentees and record owners when said taxes were assessed, is sufficient to vest in plaintiff the legal title as against defendant who claims under deeds the record of which was burned December, 1870, it not appearing that either the collector or purchaser at the tax sale had any notice of said deeds.
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Appeal from Shannon Circuit Court.— Ron. W. N. Evans, Judge. (1) The tax deeds of May 5,1881, based on judgment for taxes against patentees and record owners when said taxes were assessed, is sufficient to vest in plaintiff the legal title as against defendant who claims under deeds the record of which was burned December, 1870, it not appearing that either the collector or purchaser at the tax sale had any notice of said deeds. Allen v. Eay, 96 Mo. 547; Payne v. Lott, 90 Mo. 676; Evans v. Eobberson, 92 Mo. 192; Yance v. Corrigan, 74 Mo. 94. (2) Whether the sheriff’s deed passed the legal…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, P. J.
This cause is before this court upon cross appeals.
On the 2nd day of August, 1902, plaintiff instituted this suit under section 650, Revised Statutes 1899, to determine interests and quiet the title to several hundred acres of land described in the petition, of which he claimed to be the owner and to which he Claimed to have title in fee simple, and alleging that the defendant claims some title, estate or interest in and to all of said lands adverse to the title of the petitioner.
On Septemebr 8, 1902, defendant filed its answer to plaintiff’s petition in which it denied that plaintiff had any…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Vance v. CorriganSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
- Payne v. LottSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- State ex rel. Blakeman v. HaysSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
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