Great Southern Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Payne

This appeal is from a judgment entered on March 31, 1988, ruling that § 140.405 RSMo, which became law on August 13, 1984, had prospective application only, and could not be applied retroactively. The statute concerns notice to interested persons and procedural steps to be taken in connection with the sale of real estate by reason of tax delinquencies.

The facts of the case, as evidenced by a stipulation entered into by the parties plus answers to interrogatories propounded to the parties or their agents, are as follows. On July 20, July 27, and August 3, 1983, notices appeared in the…