McMullin v. Carter

SEILER, Judge.

This appeal arises from an action to quiet title to realty purchased by plaintiff on August 30, 1972, at a St. Louis County collector’s delinquent tax sale, third offering, published and conducted under the Jones-Munger law (Chapter 140, RSMo 1978).

The trial court made a final order that § 140.170 is unconstitutional as it does not require the “tax collector to give notice by mail to persons owning and residing on property” sought to be sold by a tax sale. Further, the trial court voided the tax sale and the collector’s deed for such failure of notice by mail and upheld…