Bussen Realty Co. v. Benson

The plaintiff corporation, a company to hold the real estate belonging to the Bussen family, has sued in equity to set aside a tax sale of a parcel of its real estate situated in St. Louis County and to enjoin the collector from delivering a deed for such parcel to the purchaser at such sale.

The land in question was quit claimed to plaintiff in 1931. The 1929 taxes had not been paid. In November, 1934, the collector, for a consideration of $11, sold the land because of such unpaid 1929 taxes, then delinquent in the amount of $10.59, and issued the usual tax sale certificate to the purchaser.…