Crane v. Dameron
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, Shannon Circuit Court. — Hon. J. R. Woodside, Judge. (1) Under the revenue laws of 1877 and. acts amendatory thereto, tax suits must be brought against the record owner.
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Appeal from, Shannon Circuit Court. — Hon. J. R. Woodside, Judge. (1) Under the revenue laws of 1877 and. acts amendatory thereto, tax suits must be brought against the record owner. State ex rel. v. Saclc, 79 Mo. 661; Cowell v. Gray, 85 Mo. 169 ; Evans v. Robberson, 92 Mo. 192. (2) The plaintiff in this case, having placed his deed upon record in the proper county, March 5, 1860, he had complied with the law with reference to recording deeds, and, although the record was destroyed by fire December 81, 1871, it still stood as notice to the whole world, and those purchasing from Cyrus K.…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, J.
Action in ejectment for a tract of land in Shannon county. The land was entered by Cyrus K. Brown, in 1858, and on the tenth day of August, 1859, Brown, by warranty deed, conveyed the land to the plaintiff, whose deed was on the fifth day of March, 1860, filed for record in the office of the recorder of said county, and, on the eighth of March, 1860, the same was recorded among the land records of said county in Deed Book C, at pages 114 and 115, On the thirty-first of December, 1871, Deed Book C was destroyed by fire. The taxes on the land for the years 1871 to 1878, inclusive, was assessed…
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