Brewen v. Leachman

STEPHAN, Judge.

Defendants appeal a judgment rendering invalid a land tax sale for nonpayment of real property taxes. We affirm.

Plaintiff, Treva Brewen, bought the property at issue with her husband, Rolla Brewen, in 1954. Mr. Brewen died in 1973. The property is located at what is now 18626 Olive Street Road in Chesterfield, St. Louis County. The 1954 deed in the names of Treva and Rolla Brewen described the property as being comprised of two contiguous parcels, one 1.42 acres and another 1 *700acre in size. The deed of trust on the property was held by First National Bank until 1974. Until that…