Collector of Revenue v. Parcels of Land Encumbered With Delinquent Tax Liens Serial Numbers 1-047 & 1-048

ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

Appeal from judgment foreclosing lien for delinquent taxes. Appellants attack the constitutionality of the statute under which the action arose.

In 1971 the Missouri legislature enacted The Municipal Land Reutilization Law (MLRL), Laws of Mo. 1971-1972, pp. 158-175. §§ 92.700-92.920, RSMo Supp. 1973, V.A.M.S. Section 92.700 defines the scope of the applicability of the act as follows :

“All cities not within a county, which now have or may hereafter have a population in excess of five hundred thousand inhabitants, may elect by the enactment of an ordinance by…