Locust Realty Co. v. City of Kansas City

Plaintiff, in 1922, by assignment, acquired the right and interest of the lessee in a lease which demised land in Kansas City, Missouri, for a term of ninety-nine years, beginning in 1905.

The interest of the plaintiff in the land covered by the lease was conveyed to defendant by deed dated June 10, 1935. The deed contained words necessary to effect a conveyance of the interest of plaintiff in the land and recited it was subject to the following:

"General state and county and city taxes due in the year 1935 and all other taxes and assessments which are not now due or payable. Lease, of record,…