Blount v. Connolly
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Washington Circuit Court. — Bow. Frank B. Dearing, Judge. (1) Under the evidence in the case the decree should have been for defendants. Biddle v. Mc-Donough, 15 Mo. App. 542; Hollman v. Conlon, 143 Mo. 378/45 S. W. 275; Tool Co. v. Spring Co., 93 Mo. App. 540, 67 S. W. 967; Strohmaier v. Zeppenfeld, 3 Mo. App. 430; Amot v. Alexander, 44 Mo. 27; St. Louis v. Gas Light Co., 70 Mo.
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Appeal from Washington Circuit Court. — Bow. Frank B. Dearing, Judge. (1) Under the evidence in the case the decree should have been for defendants. Biddle v. Mc-Donough, 15 Mo. App. 542; Hollman v. Conlon, 143 Mo. 378/45 S. W. 275; Tool Co. v. Spring Co., 93 Mo. App. 540, 67 S. W. 967; Strohmaier v. Zeppenfeld, 3 Mo. App. 430; Amot v. Alexander, 44 Mo. 27; St. Louis v. Gas Light Co., 70 Mo. Ill; Transportation Co. v. Lansing, 49 N. Y. 499. (2) A lessee has no right to demand the renewal of a lease in the absence of an express contract. Usually the option to select the alternative is with the…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
— The petition in this case is in the nature of a bill in equity to compel the defendants to specifically perform a covenant of renewal contained in a lease and to enjoin them from prosecuting an un*606lawful detainer suit before a justice of tbe peace for tbe possession of the premises. Said premises consist of a lot in the town of Potosi, Washington county, on which stand a storehouse and other structures occupied by plaintiff in his business of merchandizing. The lease was executed December 31, 1898, and created a term to run five years from January 1, 1899, at a rent of $30 a month. The…
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