United Companies Lending Corp. v. Triumph Properties, L.L.C.

WILLIAM H. CRANDALL, Jr., Judge.

Plaintiff, United Companies Lending Corporation, appeals from the grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant, Triumph Properties, L.L.C., in an action to void a collector’s deed for property purchased at a tax sale. We affirm.

Helen Stokes was the record owner of property located at 2347 Farflung Drive in St. Louis County (hereinafter property). She failed to pay real estate taxes for 1989 and 1990. In August 1992, Bernard Fein-stein, d/b/a Makada Investment Co., Inc., purchased a tax certificate to the property at a tax sale. About ten months after the tax…