Davis v. Johnson

[267] This is an action in equity to set aside a deed pf the collector of St. Clair County conveying 80 acres of land to defendant Johnson under a Jones-Munger Law tax sale. [Sec. 11108 et seq. All references are to R. S. 1939 and Mo. Stat. Ann.] This case was previously heard in this court and reversed and remanded for another trial. [Davis v. Lynn, 354 Mo. 1181, 193 S. W. (2d) 609.] At the second trial, the court set aside the deed and defendant has appealed.

The court found in its decree that the land was of the reasonable value of $1500.00; that defendant Johnson (now the only defendant…