Dodier Realty & Investment Co. v. St. Louis National Baseball Club, Inc.

[ 321] Dodier Realty & Investment Company, a corporation (hereinafter referred to as Dodier), the owner-lessor of premises in the City of St. Louis known as Sportsman’s [322] Park, brought ejectment against St. Louis National Baseball Club, Inc., to recover possession and for $222,500 damages for defendant’s alleged wrongful withholding thereof. Defendant filed answer with which was. coupled a counterclaim whereon American League Baseball Company of St. Louis, a corporation, was made a cross-defendant. On the theory that the answer raised purely equitable defenses and sought purely equitable…