Zweigart v. Reed
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Eon. Jas. T. Neville, Judge. (1) The tax proceedings having been regular, and against the record owner of the land, the tax sale would have been valid even if all the taxes had been paid. Jones v. Driskell, 94 Mo. 190; Hill v. Sherwood, 96 Mo. 125; State ex rel. v. Boyd, 128 Mo. 130. (2) The purchaser at the tax sale under a judgment against the record owner acquires title against the holder of an unrecorded deed.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Eon. Jas. T. Neville, Judge. (1) The tax proceedings having been regular, and against the record owner of the land, the tax sale would have been valid even if all the taxes had been paid. Jones v. Driskell, 94 Mo. 190; Hill v. Sherwood, 96 Mo. 125; State ex rel. v. Boyd, 128 Mo. 130. (2) The purchaser at the tax sale under a judgment against the record owner acquires title against the holder of an unrecorded deed. Payne v. Lott, 90 Mo. 676; Vance v. Corrigan, 78 Mo. 94. (3) The purchaser at a sheriff’s sale looks only to the judgment, execution, levy and…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
Plaintiff sues in two counts. By the first, which is an ordinary count in ejectment, he asks for the possession of one hundred and sixty acres of land in Polk county. By the second count, which is in the nature of a bill in equity, and in which he pleads all of his evidence, he seeks to cancel certain deeds covering said land, charging, among other things, collusion and fraud. This count is exceedingly lengthy *37and it will serve no good purpose to detail it further, as all the facts proven were fully pleaded and a statement of the facts proven will be sufficient to indicate the questions at…
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