Green Hills Development Company, LLC v. UMB Bank, N.A.

MAXWELL, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:

¶1. Green Hills Development Company, LLC, forfeited property to the State for failure to pay taxes. Five years later, the State sold the property, following the statutory procedure under which the Secretary of State accepts written applications to purchase and, if an application is approved, issues a land patent. After learning of the sale, Green Hills sued the Secretary of State and the purchasers to have the land patents set aside.

¶2. Green Hills argued it had been entitled to notice-which was never given-of the purchasers' pending applications. Had it been…