Modern Home Investment Co. v. Boyle

This is a suit filed by plaintiff, a corporation, to set aside the sheriff's deed conveying Lots 78 and 79, Cunningham Park, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, to the defendants. The deed was executed pursuant to a foreclosure proceeding as authorized by the Land Tax Collection Act, Laws 1943, p. 1029; Mo. R.S.A. sec. 11201.1 et seq. The trial court granted the relief prayed for and the defendants appealed.

On August 29, 1945, the Collector of Revenue of Jackson County instituted proceedings in the Circuit Court to foreclose tax liens on a large number of tracts of land. Included therein…