Gilmore v. Hibbs

The principal question presented for determination is: May a municipal corporation of the third class proceed under what is commonly known as the Jones-Munger law (Law 1933, p. 425 et seq., S.B. 94) in the sale of real estate for the collection of delinquent taxes? The former owners, Thomas H. Gilmore and others, appellants here, instituted this action to quiet title to certain real estate situate in Carthage (a municipality of the third class), Jasper County, Missouri, against Frank M. Hibbs and Helen Hibbs, purchasers thereof at a delinquent tax sale conducted by the city collector. The…