Hume v. Wainscott

The plaintiff, in 1866, purchased certain lands of defendant upon tax sale for delinquencies of 1868, and received the proper deed. He brings ejectment, and the defendant shows that in and before the year 1863, he was the owner of and was in possession of the lands, and that the assessment was made and judgment rendered in the name of one William Sexton, the original owner.

The question involved in this record was fully considered in Abbott v. Lindenbower, 43 Mo. 162, where it was held that such' assessment was invalid and did not sustain the judgment and sale.

The plaintiff insists that this…