447.080. Sale of unclaimed property. - Missouri Statutes

Sale of unclaimed property.

447.080. If no person call for said goods, merchandise orother property, within sixty days from the receipt thereof, andpay freight and charges thereon, it shall be lawful for suchcarrier, commission merchant or warehouseman to sell such goods,merchandise or other property, or so much thereof at auction, tothe highest bidder, as will pay said freight and charges, firsthaving given twenty days' notice of the time and place of sale tothe owner, consignee or consignor, when known, and byadvertisement in a daily paper, or if in a weekly paper, fourweeks, published where such sale is to take place; and if anysurplus be left after paying freight, storage, cost ofadvertising and all other just and reasonable charges, the sameshall be paid over to the rightful owner of said property at anytime thereafter, upon demand being made therefor, within sixtydays; provided, however, that any common carrier may sell suchgoods, merchandise, or other property in accordance with theprovisions of the bill of lading applicable thereto, where theform of bill of lading used has been duly filed with the publicservice commission of Missouri.

(RSMo 1939 § 15324)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 14234; 1919 § 7294; 1909 § 8275

(1969) Action by widow to take against the will affects the title to the real estate in question and Supreme Court has exclusive appellate jurisdiction. In re Estate of Youngblood (A.), 447 S.W.2d 824.