Court Opinion

ID: 9645044
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 21:11:16.914051+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:22.393552
License: Public Domain

HOUSER, Senior Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached by Donnelly, J., namely, that the tax sale is insufficient to extinguish the deed of trust and that the deed of trust remains in full force and effect, but for entirely different reasons. It is not necessary to reach the constitutional issue; the sale is void on its face for two reasons: (1) the notice of sale does not strictly follow the statutory requirements concerning the contents of the notice of sale, and (2) the collector’s deed is void for failure to have the collector’s deed witnessed by the County Clerk (or in the case of St. Louis County, the Administrative Director of St. Louis County). Costello v. City of St. Louis, 262 S.W.2d 591, 596 (Mo.1953); § 140.460(1) and (2), RSMo 1969; Klorner v. Nunn, 318 S.W.2d 241, 245 (Mo.1958); Heppler v. Esther, 534 S.W.2d 533 (Mo.App.1976).