State Ex Rel. Crites v. Short

This is a mandamus action to compel the respondent, the collector of revenue of Wayne County, Missouri, to execute a deed to certain lands in Wayne County under the provisions of the Jones-Munger Act of 1933, sections 11117, et seq., R. S. Mo. 1939. The trial court denied the writ for the reason that it had been redeemed by one Boss H. P. Bennett.

The evidence shows that on November 7, 1939, the appellant bought the tax certificates for the delinquent taxes due on the land in question for the years 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1938. At the time the tax certificates were bought by the appellant,…