233.275. If it shall appear that any land within a districtso incorporated has been conveyed by mortgage or deed of trust,the mortgagor or owner of the equity of redemption, or if anyland shall be owned by a minor, his conservator, or if any landshall have been conveyed or devised to a trustee to be held byhim for the use or benefit of another for a number of years orduring the life of such other, the trustee, or if any land shallbe held by any surviving spouse as a homestead, then thesurviving spouse and adult heirs, shall be deemed and held to bethe owner of such land within the meaning of this section.
(RSMo 1939 § 8726, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)Prior revisions: 1929 § 8077; 1919 § 10848