[DOWNLOAD] "Joseph H. Rottjakob and Yvonne S." by Supreme Court of Missouri En Banc * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Joseph H. Rottjakob and Yvonne S.
- Author : Supreme Court of Missouri En Banc
- Release Date : January 14, 1975
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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The sole issue in this case is whether real property bought by innocent purchasers is responsible for real estate taxes and amenable to a tax lien and order of sale when said purchasers relied in good faith on the county collector's records which reflected that such taxes had been paid when in fact they had not. In May, 1966, respondents, Joseph H. Rottjakob and his wife (hereinafter referred to as plaintiffs), purchased certain real property in St. Louis County. Prior to the purchase, they requested the Chicago Title Insurance Company to examine the title thereto. When the company examined the collector's records, there was an entry showing that the taxes on the property for 1965 had been paid under the name of Village Square, Inc. -- the owner of record prior to Fred Ahlemeier Company from which plaintiffs purchased the property. The money paid by Village Square, Inc. apparently was intended to satisfy the tax due on a lot near or adjacent to that purchased by plaintiffs. The error eventually was discovered on June 30, 1967, more than one year after the purchase. The records in the collector's officer were changed and corrected to show that the taxes for 1965 were unpaid. On May 8, 1968, some ten months later, plaintiffs received a statement of delinquent taxes (dated May 7, 1968) which indicated that the 1965 taxes were overdue and owing. Some two years later, plaintiffs received a notice dated May 27, 1970, which stated that the ""property will be offered for sale on the Courthouse steps in August of this year"" because of the unpaid taxes.