Sugg v. Duncan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court. — Eon. Eenry G. Riley, Judge. Where the record owner is sued for taxes on the land and judgment is rendered against him and after this judgment is rendered a deed is filed for record from the judgment defendant to a third party and after this deed is filed for record the land is sold under .the judgment, the purchaser at the sale for taxes is the owner of the land or acquires the title to it, although such deed was made before the suit for…
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Appeal from Pemiscot Circuit Court. — Eon. Eenry G. Riley, Judge. Where the record owner is sued for taxes on the land and judgment is rendered against him and after this judgment is rendered a deed is filed for record from the judgment defendant to a third party and after this deed is filed for record the land is sold under .the judgment, the purchaser at the sale for taxes is the owner of the land or acquires the title to it, although such deed was made before the suit for taxes was filed. Hilton v. Smith, 134 Mo. 499; Kane v. Railroad, 112 Mo. 38; 'Schnitger v. Rankin, 192 Mo. 35; Land &…
1Opinion of the Court
ROY, C.
This is another of the numerous suits brought to quiet title under section 2535, Revised Statutes 1909, being section 650 of the revision of 1899, amended. There was a judgment and decree for the defendants and the plaintiff has appealed.
The petition is in the ordinary form; and the answer admits that defendants claim the land, and alleges that they are the owners of the land, and pleads estoppel and laches. It is admitted that John M. Sipes is the common source of title.
We will state the facts in the derivation of the two branches of the title in chronological order. On March 30,…
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